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Myron (snake)

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Genus of snakes

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

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

Geographic range

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

Species

References

  1. ^ Genus Myron at The Reptile Database.

Further reading

  • 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).
Taxon identifiers
Myron


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