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Macleay's water snake
Pseudoferania
- Ogilby, 1891
Pronunciation: | SUE-doh-feh-RAIN-nee-ah | |||||||||
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Etymology: | false Ferania, after another genus of homalopsid snake.1 | |||||||||
Taxonomic notes: |
The sole Australian member of this genus was previously included in the south-east Asian Enhydris.2 |
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Reproductive modes:
Live-bearing - 1 out of 1 Australian species Size range: |
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Number of Australian species: | 1 | |||||||||
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- Ogilby, J. D. (1891). Description of a new snake from the Herbert River District. Proceedings of the Linnaean Society New South Wales, series 2, 5:51-52.
- Murphy, John C. (2011). The nomenclature and systematics of some Australasian Homalopsid snakes (Squamata: Serpentes: Homalopsidae). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 59(2):229-236.