Myron Gray, 1849

Murphy, John C., 2011, The Nomenclature And Systematics Of Some Australasian Homalopsid Snakes (Squamata: Serpentes: Homalopsidae), Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 59 (2), pp. 229-236 : 231

Myron Gray, 1849

1849 Myron Gray (in part) p. 70.

Type species: Myron richardsonii Gray, 1849 .

1887 Neospades Type species: Neospades kentii De Vis, 1889 .

Diagnosis. – Head distinct from neck; parietals entire; internasal usually single and separating nasals; loreal present; dorsal scales weekly keeled on posterior of body, and in 19–21 rows at mid body, usually reduced to 17 near the vent; ventrals broad; upper labials 2–3 or 2–4 contact loreal; upper labial 4 enters the orbit; enlarged occipital scales present; three pairs of chin shields present with the middle pair the longest. Note that this genus is gender neutral.