Grey's mudsnake facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Grey's mudsnake
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Genus:	Ephalophis
Species:	greyae
Synonyms
Ephalophis greyi M.A. Smith, 1931 Ephalophis greyae — Shea, 1996 Ephalophis greyae — Wallach et al., 2014

Grey's mudsnake (Ephalophis greyae), also known commonly as the mangrove seasnake, is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is endemic to northwestern Australia.

Etymology

Its specific name, greyae, has also been spelled greyi, however it was named after a Beatrice Grey who collected the holotype, necessitating a feminine possessive.

Reproduction

E. greyae is viviparous.

• Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN: 978-0643100350.
• Smith MA (1931). "Description of a new genus of sea-snake from the coast of Australia, with a note on the structures providing for complete closure of the mouth in aquatic snakes". Proc. Zool. Soc. London, Second Series 1931: 397-398. (Ephalophis greyi, new species).
• Shea, Glenn M. (1996). "Correction of the incorrect original spelling of the species name of a Hydrophiid snake". The Snake 27 (2): 157. (Ephalophis greyae, new spelling).