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A team of scientists has discovered a new species of snake in the Western Himalayas, which they have named after Hollywood actor Leonardo Di Caprio.
About Anguiculus Dicaprioi
- It is a member of the Colubridae, the world's largest snake family, which includes 304 genera and 1,938 species.
Features
The new species contains dozens of tiny teeth.
It grows to around 22 inches and has a broad collar with little dark brown markings.
It has a "robust skull" and a "steeply domed snout".
This species lives at heights of approximately 6,000 feet above sea level.
Researchers suggested the common name 'DiCaprio's Himalayan Snake'.
The snake lives in Chamba, Kullu, and Shimla in Himachal Pradesh, Nainital in Uttarakhand, and Chitwan National Park in Nepal.
These snakes are most active between late May and August and are rarely spotted at other times of year.
About Colubrid Snakes
A colubrid is any of the numerous, diversified, and mostly nonvenomous snakes that make up the reptile family Colubridae.
The Colubridae family is one of the largest snake families, with approximately 1,800 species.
They are distinguished by the lack of hindlimbs.
They are distributed all over the planet, with the exception of Antarctica and a few distant marine islands.
Habitats- They live in a variety of settings, including woods, grasslands, deserts, marshes, and aquatic environments.
Venom- The majority of colubrid snakes are not venomous.
Well-known colubrids include king snakes, watersnakes, milk snakes, gartersnakes, racers, ratsnakes, ring-necked snakes, hog-nosed snakes, and deadly boomslangs.
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