Anguiculus dicaprioi was collected from mud roads. They had been noticed basking and stayed immobile till they had been captured.
Researchers in India have described a brand new snake species that was present in Himachal Pradesh state in northern India> The snake is known as after film star and environmental activist Leonardo DiCaprio.
The snake, Anguiculus dicaprioi is of the Gongylosoma genus of snakes of the superfamily Colubroidea. It’s brown in coloration with a darkish brown band on the nape. It additionally options some darkish brown spots. The stomach is whitish with no markings or mottling. The snout is an olive colour that turns to a shade of brown with some orange on the nape. This extends to the tail tip. it additionally has a gray band on the neck and options darkish brown to grey longitudinal stripes.
Anguiculus dicaprioi gen. et. sp. nov. in life, (a) holotype feminine NCBS NRC-AA-0013, Photograph by Virender Bharadwaj; (b) uncollected particular person from Nainital, Uttarakhand. Photograph by Vipul Ramanuj.
Anguiculus dicaprioi was collected from mud roads. They had been noticed basking and stayed immobile till they had been captured. They made no try and chew, in keeping with the researchers. They had been noticed in June by September 2020 and weren’t seen throughout different months of the yr. The urged frequent identify is ‘DiCaprio’s Himalayan snake.’
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The whole paper describing the brand new species,”Phylogeny and systematics of the colubrid snake genera Liopeltis and Gongylosoma (Squamata: Colubridae) and outline of a brand new Himalayan endemic genus and species” may be learn on the Scientific Stories web site.
