# Myron resetari

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{{Short description|Species of Australian snake}}
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'''''Myron resetari''''', also known as the '''Broome mangrove snake''' or '''Resetar's mangrove snake''', is a species of venomous [homalopsid](/source/Homalopsidae) snake native to the marine waters of north-western [Australia](/source/Australia). The [specific epithet](/source/specific_name_(zoology)) ''resetari'' honours herpetologist Alan Resetar of the [Field Museum of Natural History](/source/Field_Museum_of_Natural_History).<ref name="arod"/>

==Description==
The snake grows to an average of about 40&nbsp;cm in length.<ref name="arod">{{cite web |url= http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Homalopsidae/Myron/resetari |title= Resetar's mangrove snake |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=|website= Australian Reptile Online Database |publisher= Stewart Macdonald |access-date= 30 May 2021}}</ref>

==Behaviour==
The species is [viviparous](/source/viviparity).<ref name="arod"/>

==Distribution and habitat==
The species is known only from the [type locality](/source/type_(zoology)) of [Broome](/source/Broome%2C_Western_Australia), in tropical north-western [Western Australia](/source/Western_Australia), where it inhabits [mangrove](/source/mangrove)-lined coastal waters.<ref name="arod"/>

==References==
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resetari
Category:Snakes of Australia
Category:Reptiles of Western Australia
Category:Reptiles described in 2011

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