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Researchers at Swansea University’s College of Science are part of an international team that has discovered a newspeciesof venomous snake in Australia. The Vermicella parscauda (Weipa bandy-bandy) is a small (50-100 cm or 20-40 in) black and white banded snake found only in Australia. ...
Native to southern Ecuador, the newfound serpents belong to a little-studied group of snakes that spend their lives underground.
Achalinus nanshanensis stands out with its bright yellow neck collar, a feature that caught the attention of researchers during their fieldwork between 2022 and 2023, leading to the identification of the new species, according to Mo. This non-venomous snake mostly inhabits subtropical forests and...
which sets it apart from its closest relatives. Additionally, a uniformly black variant of the species, known as the ‘melanistic morphotype,’ has been discovered.Rhynchocalamus hejazicusis prevalent throughout a large area, bridging the distribution gap between the Levant and the coastal regions ...
Three New Slow Loris Species Discovered in Borneo; Rare Venomous Primates Threatened by Illegal Pet TradeJohn R. Platt
"We later discovered that the snake had slithered over from a pile of bauxite rubble waiting to be loaded onto a ship. "On examination by my student, Chantelle Derez, the bandy-bandy turned out to be a new species, visually and genetically distinct from those found on the Australian East...
New Zealand also has a few venomous spider species, including the katipō spider,redback spider, and white-tailed spider. The latter spider species is also the most common, which makes it more likely that it will encounter and bite humans. Fortunately, it’s not as venomous as the other two...
The vast majority of newly discovered species fall into a small number of known supergroups. Recently, however, a handful of species with no clear relationship to other supergroups have been described2,3,4, raising questions about the nature and degree of undiscovered diversity, and exposing the...
An international team of scientists has solved a case of mistaken identity and discovered a new species of venomous snake. The newly discovered Talamancan Palm-Pitviper is a striking green-and-black snake living in some of the most remote regions of Costa Rica. The coloring is a characteristic...