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Myron richardsonii GRAY, 1849

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Higher TaxaHomalopsidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Richardson’s mangrove snake 
SynonymMyron richardsonii GRAY 1849: 70
Myron Richardsonii — GÜNTHER 1859: 232
Neospades kentii DE VIS 1889
Myron richardsonii — LIDTH DE JEUDE 1911: 279
Myron richardsonii — COGGER 1983: 213
Myron richardsonii — COGGER 2000: 625
Myron richardsonii — MURPHY 2007: 204
Myron richardsonii — MURPHY 2011
Myron richardsonii — MURPHY & VORIS 2014: 30
Myron richardsonii — WALLACH et al. 2014: 467
Myron richardsonii — EIPPER & EIPPER 2024: 289 
DistributionIndonesia (Aru Islands, Irian Jaya), Australia
Australia (Northern Territory, Western Australia)

Type locality: "N.-Western Australia", restricted to Buffalo Creek, Northern Territory, Australia (about 12°40'S and 131°29'E) by MURPHY 2011.  
Reproductionovoviviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1946.1.2.43
Holotype: QM J681, from Cambridge Gulf, W. A. [Neospades kentii]. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis (genus): Head distinct from neck; parietals entire; internasal usually single and separating nasals; loreal present; dorsal scales weekly keeled on posterior of body, and in 19–21 rows at mid body, usually reduced to 17 near the vent; ventrals broad; upper labials 2–3 or 2–4 contact loreal; upper labial 4 enters the orbit; enlarged occipital scales present; three pairs of chin shields present with the middle pair the longest. Note that this genus is gender neutral [from MURPHY 2011].


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CommentSynonymy after COGGER 1983.

Habitat: estuarine to marine. This is a sea snake.

Type species: Myron richardsonii GRAY 1849 is the type species of the genus Myron GRAY 1849.

Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species. 
EtymologyNamed after Sir. J. Richardson, the collector of the holotype.

The genus name Myron may be derived from a Greek term for ointment (in the sense of fat), but the reference to this genus is not clear. It is possible that Gray's generic name is one of many euphonious but meaningless names he coined. Derivation not stated by Gray (1849). 
References
  • Cogger, H. G. 2014. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 7th ed. CSIRO Publishing, xxx + 1033 pp. - get paper here
  • Cogger, H.G. 2000. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 6th ed. Ralph Curtis Publishing, Sanibel Island, 808 pp.
  • De Vis, C. W. 1889. List of birds, lizards, and snakes collected at Cambridge Gulf, and descriptions of two new vertebrates in Mr Saville-Kent's collection. Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland 6: 236-239 [1890 on title page] - get paper here
  • Eipper T & Eipper S 2024. SNAKES OF AUSTRALIA. Princeton University Press, Princeton and Oxford, 368 pp. - get paper here
  • Gray, J. E. 1849. Catalogue of the specimens of snakes in the collection of the British Museum. Edward Newman, London, i-xv; 1-125. - get paper here
  • Günther,A. 1859. On the geographical distribution of reptiles. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (3) 3: 221-237 - get paper here
  • Gyi, Ko Ko 1970. A revision of colubrid snakes of the sub-family Homalopsinae. Univ. Kans. Publs. Mus. Nat. Hist 20 (2): 44-223 - get paper here
  • Jolly, C., Schembri, B., & Macdonald, S. 2023. Field Guide to the Reptiles of the Northern Territory. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne - get paper here
  • Lidth DE JEUDE, T.W. VAN 1911. Reptilien (Schlangen). Nova Guinea. Résultats de l’expedition scientifique néerlandaise à la Nouvelle Guinée en 1907 sous les auspices de Dr. H.A. Lorenz 9. Leiden (E. J. Brill), pp. 265-287
  • Murphy, J.C. 2011. THE NOMENCLATURE AND SYSTEMATICS OF SOME AUSTRALASIAN HOMALOPSID SNAKES (SQUAMATA: SERPENTES: HOMALOPSIDAE). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 2011 59(2): 229–236 - get paper here
  • Murphy, J.C. & Voris, H.K. 2014. A Checklist and Key to the Homalopsid Snakes (Reptilia, Squamata, Serpentes), with the Description of New Genera. FIELDIANA: LIFE AND EARTH SCIENCES (8): 1–43 - get paper here
  • Murphy, John C. 2007. Homalopsid Snakes: Evolution in the Mud. Krieger Publishing, Malabar, Florida, 249 pp.
  • O’Shea, M. 2018. The Book of Snakes. Ivy Press / Quarto Publishing, London, - get paper here
  • O’Shea,M. 1996. A Guide to the Snakes of Papua New Guinea. Independent Publishing, Port Moresby, xii + 239 pp. - get paper here
  • Shine, Richard; Claire Goiran, Catherine Shilton, Shai Meiri, Gregory P Brown 2019. The life aquatic: an association between habitat type and skin thickness in snakes. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, blz136 - get paper here
  • Somaweera, R. 2009. Snakes of Darwin. Poster, University of Sydney
  • Uetz, P.H.; Patel, M.; Gbadamosi, Z.; Nguyen, A.; Shoope, S. 2024. A Reference Database of Reptile Images. Taxonomy 4: 723–732 - get paper here
  • Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
  • Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
 
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