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185-Year-Old Painting Helps ID New Indian Snake Species Joseph s racer ( May 14, 2021 The new species has been named Joseph s racer, Platyceps josephi, after a late colleague of the researchers ©Surya Narayanan An Indian snake that was first collected in the mid-19th Century and described first via snake skins in 1796, and named the banded racer ( Argyrogena fasciolata), was in actuality a completely different species. Herpetologist Dr. Deepak Veerappan of the Natural History Museum received a snake in 2016 that originated from India’s Tamil Nadu state in South India. The snake was distinctly different from snakes that were widely known in the area. Veerappan and his associates conducted genetic testing as well as a morphology assessment and seemed to determine that the snake was a new species. However, the snake was at the center of a mixup that was started some 200 years earlier.

City ofUnited kingdomTamil naduSurya narayananTheodore cantorPatrick russelDeepak veerappanPratyush mohapatraNatural history museumTrustees of the natural history museumநகரம் ஆஃப்ஒன்றுபட்டது கிஂக்டம்தமிழ் நாடுசூர்யா நாராயணன்பேட்ரிக் ரஸ்ஸல்தீபக் வீரப்பன்