New snake species found in southern Myanmar


A lighter-coloured Trimeresurus ayeyarwadyensis, or Ayeyarwady pit viper. - CAS-Myanmar Herpetology Survey team

YANGON: A new snake species has been discovered in southern Myanmar's Ayeyarwady and Yangon regions, the state-run Global New Light of Myanmar reported on Thursday (Dec 21).

The finding, made by herpetologist Kin Onn Chan and colleagues, has also been published recently in the scientific journal ZooKeys.

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