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"It's in a completely different genus to gray wolves," he said.

Nakai spent time studying the Dudleya genus, succulents native to the West Coast, and contributed to its taxonomy, or scientific classification.

However their diversity remains relatively low, with only 31 described species in the Branchiostegidae family and 19 in the Branchiostegus genus.

They are the only snake of their genus to give live birth, the Australian Museum says on its website.

These freshwater wetlands harbor abundant species of bacteria in the Mycobacterium genus -- the same genus as the tuberculosis-causing bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis.