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]
| Myron karnsi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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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Description
editThis is a melanistic species.[1]
Distribution and habitat
editThe species is known only from the Aru Islands of the Arafura Sea, lying between southern New Guinea and northern Australia.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Myron karnsi MURPHY, 2011". Reptile Database. Peter Uetz and Jakob Hallermann. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
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