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20 Amazing Animals Discovered in the Last 20 Years
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New Species of Snake Discovered in Museum After Being Ignored by Researchers
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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.
Rare Iridescent Snake Discovered In Vietnam, Scales Shift Through Blues And Greens
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A team of U.S. and Vietnamese scientists discovered a new species of odd-scaled burrowing snakes in northern Vietnam
The snake, named Achalinus zugorum, has dark and iridescent scales that shift through blues and greens in the light
The snake spends most of its life beneath the surface and lacks bright-light photoreceptors in its eyes
A rare iridescent snake with scales that shift from green to blue has been discovered in Vietnam.
A team of scientists from the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History and the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology discovered the new species of snake last year while researching biodiversity in a heavily forested part of northern Vietnam.
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