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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.


Taxonomy of the family Homalopsidae
Bibliography of the genus Miralia
Biodiversity of the family Homalopsidae








Genus
Miralia

Greater Sunda Mud Snake

Sunda-Schlammnatter

Sunda-muddersnog

1842 Miralia Gray (type species: Brachyorrhos alternans Reuss 1834)
1843 Pelophis Fitzinger (type species: Brachyorrhos alternans Reuss 1834; syn. Murphy & Voris 2014)
Contents: 1 species, which is not endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Remarks: Previously regarded as a synonym of Enhydris (e.g., Murphy 2007). Revalidated by Murphy & Voris (2014).
Distribution: As for the single species.

Miralia alternans

Greater Sunda Mud Snake, Yellow-banded Mud Snake, Yellow-banded Water Snake, (Reuss' Mud Snake)

Sunda-Schlammnatter

Sunda-muddersnog

1834 Brachyorrhos alternans Reuss
Miralia alternans Gray 1842
Eurostus alternans Duméril & Bibron 1854
Hypsirhina alternans Jan 1863
Enhydris alternans Haas 1950
1837 Homalopsis decussata Schlegel (Murphy 2007)

Distribution: Indonesia (Bangka, Belitung, Java, Sumatra), Malaysia (Sarawak).