Myron karnsi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Homalopsidae |
Genus: | Myron |
Species: | M. karnsi
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Binomial name | |
Myron karnsi Murphy, 2011
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Myron karnsi, also known as the Aru mangrove snake or Karns' mangrove snake, is a species of venomous homalopsid snake native to the Aru Islands of Indonesia. The specific epithet karnsi honours herpetologist Daryl Karns of the Field Museum of Natural History.[1]
This is a melanistic species.[1]
The species is known only from the Aru Islands of the Arafura Sea, lying between southern New Guinea and northern Australia.[1]