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Deadly new snake named after mythical Chinese goddess of healing


Deadly new snake named after mythical Chinese goddess of healing
by Liz Kimbrough on 21 April 2021
Researchers have described a new species of venomous snake, from one of the deadliest and most medically significant groups of snakes in Asia.
The Suzhen’s krait is found in rice fields and streams in monsoon forests in southwestern China and northern Myanmar.
Understanding the differences between lethal snakes provides essential information for antivenin development and proper snakebite treatment, the authors say.
The researchers chose to name the snake after Bai Su Zhen, a snake goddess from the popular traditional Chinese myth Legend of White Snake, “in honor of her courage to true love and kindness to people.” ....

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New deadly snake from Asia named after character from Chinese myth 'Legend of White Snake'


Credit: Jingsong Shi
In 2001, the famous herpetologist Joseph B. Slowinski died from snakebite by an immature black-and-white banded krait, while leading an expedition team in northern Myanmar. The very krait that caused his death is now confirmed to belong to the same species identified as a new to science venomous snake, following an examination of samples collected between 2016 and 2019 from Yingjiang County, Yunnan Province, China.
The new krait species, found in Southwestern China and Northern Myanmar, is described by Dr Zening Chen of Guangxi Normal University, PhD candidate Shengchao Shi, Dr Li Ding from the Chengdu Institute of Biology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dr Gernot Vogel of the Society for Southeast Asian Herpetology in Germany and Dr Jingsong Shi of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology at Chinese Academy of Sciences. Their study is published in the open-access, peer-reviewed journal ....

Bai Su Zhen , Zening Chen , Josephb Slowinski , Gernot Vogel , Shengchao Shi , Jingsong Shi , Mian Hou , Institute Of Vertebrate Paleontology , Society For Southeast Asian Herpetology , Guangxi Normal University , Chinese Academy Of Sciences , Chengdu Institute Of Biology , Yingjiang County , Yunnan Province , Southwestern China , Northern Myanmar , Chengdu Institute , Chinese Academy , Southeast Asian Herpetology , Vertebrate Paleontology , Zoology Veterinary Science , பாய் சு ஜென் , மீயந் ஹூ , நிறுவனம் ஆஃப் முதுகெலும்பு பேலீயஂடாலொஜீ , சமூகம் க்கு தென்கிழக்கு ஆசிய ஹெர்பெட்டாலஜி , சீன கலைக்கழகம் ஆஃப் அறிவியல் ,