... August 2008 in the journal Zootaxa. Hedges found the new snake -- a type of threadsnake -- in a tiny forest ... discovered on Barbados, he also describes another new snake that he discovered on the nearby island ...
... of Natural History, unearthed fossil remains of a new snake species named Titanoboa cerrejonensis ... , as well as the biological limitations on the evolution of giant snakes." said Head "This shows how much more information about the history ...
A U.K. team has found several species that may be new to science in a Mozambique mountain range that had no previous record of exploration. Video.
(PhysOrg.com) -- As spring arrives, Floridians become more active outdoors -- and so do snakes.
... ." The arrangement of the bones and delicate structures, such as eggshells and the snake's skull, point to quick entombment. "Sanajeh ... insights into the long-lost life of the past." The new snake, which was named Sanajeh indicus or "ancient ...
Some, if not all, snakes used to have legs, and now new research suggests snakes lost their limbs by growing them more slowly or for a shorter period of time.
Dubbed a "surprise gift" by scientists, a new snake species found in China is one of the littlest pit vipers in the world.
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) announced the discovery of a spectacularly colored snake from a remote area of Tanzania in East Africa.
... , prawns and shrimp. • The Colubridae is the largest family of snakes and in 2009, almost 65 percent of the newly ... were colubrids. In addition to 31 new snakes, new reptile species (living) included 38 ...
A University of Florida researcher and colleagues in Australia and Germany have discovered what might be a deadly new snake virus.
... species -- but they can be found in museums as well. In a formalin-filled jar in Copenhagen Natural History Museum, a new snake species has recently been discovered ...
... comprising Mexico and Argentina, and are different from all other New World snakes in having a very thin body, disproportionately ... on their face that is present in all other blunt-headed vine snakes from the New World. Other features, as well as DNA ...
