''Myrrophis'' is a
genus
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of snakes in the
family
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Homalopsidae
The Homalopsidae are a family of snakes which contains about 28 genus, genera and more than 50 species. They are commonly known as Indo-Australian water snakes, mudsnakes, or bockadams. They are also known as ''ular air'' (lit. "water snake") in ...
.
[.]
Species
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Myrrophis bennettii''
(Gray
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, 1842)
*''
Myrrophis chinensis''
(Gray, 1842)
References
Further reading
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Murphy JC (2012). "The status of ''Eurostus dussumierii'' and ''Hypsirhina chinensis'' (Reptilia, Squamata, Serpentes): with comments on the origin of salt tolerance in homalopsid snakes". ''Systematics and Biodiversity'' 10 (4): 479–489. (''Myrrophis'', new genus).
Snake genera
Colubrids
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