New species of pit viper found in Arunachal Pradesh
A new species of snake has been found in Arunachal Pradesh's West Kameng district, an official said Friday. The new species of reddish brown pit viper - a venomous snake with a unique heat-sensing system - was found in a forest in West Kameng district by a team of herpetologists led by Ashok Captain, the Forest department official said. The discovery was published in the March-April volume of Russian Journal of Herpetology. Captain said India had four brown pit vipers - Malabar, Horseshoe... Читать дальше...