Myrrophis bennettii
Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Homalopsoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Homalopsidae
Genus: Myrrophis
Species:
Name
- Myrrophis bennettii (Gray, 1842)
Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.2.49, ♂, collected by G. Bennett.
Type locality: “China”.
Combinations
- Hypsirhina bennettii Gray, 1842: 67 [original combination]
- Enhydris bennettii — Stejneger, 1907: 302 [subsequent combination]
- Myrrophis bennettii — Kumar, Sanders, George & Murphy, 2012: 484 [subsequent combination]
References
Primary references
- Gray, J.E. 1842. Monographic Synopsis of the Water Snakes, or the Family of Hydridae. Zoological Miscellany 2: 59–68.
- Biju Kumar, A., Sanders, K.L., George, S. & Murphy, J.C. 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. DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2012.751940 Reference page.
Links
- Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Myrrophis bennettii. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 November 2018.
- Murphy, J. 2010. IUCN: Enhydris bennettii (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T176683A7283317. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T176683A7283317.en
Vernacular names
- English: Bennett's Mud Snake