{{Short description|Species of Australian snake}} {{Speciesbox | image = | image_caption = | status = | status_system = | genus = Myron | species = karnsi | authority = Murphy, 2011 | range_map = | synonyms = }}
'''''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.<ref name="rdb"/>
==Description== This is a melanistic species.<ref name="rdb">{{cite web |url= https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Myron&species=karnsi|title= Myron karnsi MURPHY, 2011|author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website= Reptile Database |publisher= Peter Uetz and Jakob Hallermann |access-date= 31 May 2021}}</ref>
==Distribution and habitat== The species is known only from the Aru Islands of the Arafura Sea, lying between southern New Guinea and northern Australia.<ref name="rdb"/>
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karnsi Category:Snakes of Indonesia Category:Fauna of the Aru Islands Category:Reptiles described in 2011
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