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New genus of tiny, iridescent snake from Philippines found in collection

New genus of tiny, iridescent snake from Philippines found in collection
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New Species of Snake Discovered in Museum After Being Ignored by Researchers

New Species of Snake Discovered in Museum After Being Ignored by Researchers
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New species of snake is discovered in Kansas museum with DNA analysis after it was misidentified

Specimens at the University of Kansas have been misidentified for years
Researchers only now realized its a distinct miniature species and genus
One of the smallest snakes of its kind, it has among the fewest vertebrae of any species
The Waray dwarf lives mostly underground, surfacing only after heavy rains
Not every new animal is discovered in the jungle or rainforest: A new species of snake was discovered in a museum after being ignored by researchers for years.
Levitonius mirus, also known as the Waray dwarf burrowing snake, is native to the Philippines.
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But specimens of the snake sent to the University of were misidentified until a research assistant conducted analysis of their scales and skeletal structure. ....

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New species of snake is discovered in Kentucky museum with DNA analysis after it was misidentified

Levitonius mirus, or the Waray dwarf burrowing snake, is from the Philippines
Specimens at the University of Kansas have been misidentified for years
Researchers only now realized its a distinct miniature species and genus
One of the smallest snakes of its kind, it has among the fewest vertebrae of any species
The Waray dwarf lives mostly underground, surfacing only after heavy rains ....

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Scientists Find Remarkable New Snake Species in Philippines | Biology

The Waray dwarf burrowing snake (
Levitonius mirus), a new, ‘miniaturized’ genus and species of cyclocorid snake known from both Samar and Leyte Islands, southeastern Philippines, spends most of its time burrowing underground, usually surfacing only after heavy rains in much the same way earthworms tend to wash up on suburban sidewalks after a downpour.
Photographs of the Waray dwarf burrowing snake (
Levitonius mirus): holotype (A) and paratypes (B and C). Scale bars – 10 mm (thick) and 1 mm (thin). Image credit: Weinell
et al., doi: 10.1643/CH2020110.
The Waray dwarf burrowing snake lives a fossorial lifestyle and likely has a diet that is specialized on earthworms or other limbless invertebrates. ....

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