Species

Myrrophis chinensis

Myrrophis chinensis · described by (GRAY 1842)

Tentacled Snake, a close relative of Myrrophis chinensis

Pictured: Tentacled Snake, a close relative from the same family. This species is still waiting for its first free photo.

Photo: Ruby 1x2, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The facts

Scientific name
Myrrophis chinensis
First described
(GRAY 1842)
Class
Reptiles (Reptilia)
Order
Scaled Reptiles (Squamata)
Group
Snakes (Serpentes)
Family
Homalopsidae
Genus
Myrrophis

Taxonomic data: Uetz, P. et al. (eds.), The Reptile Database, under CC-BY 4.0.

Where it sits on the tree