Myron (snake)


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Myron is a genus of snakes in the family Homalopsidae.[1] They are commonly known as 'mangrove snakes'.

Myron
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Homalopsidae
Genus: Myron
Gray, 1849

Snakes of the genus Myron are found in Australia, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.[1]

  • Gray JE (1849). Catalogue of the Specimens of Snakes in the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Edward Newman, printer). xv + 125 pp. (Myron, new genus, p. 70; M. richardsonii, new species, p. 70).