Scientists in the Amazon rainforest stumbled upon a tiny, unknown snake and discovered a new species, Tropidophis cacuangoa, a study said. Photo from Ortega-Andrade, et al. via the European Journal of ...
Removed from female (USNM 195808), which died Sept 1954.
The 20 centimeters long, previously unknown snake is named Tropidophis cacuangoae A specimen of a new species of dwarf boa, "Tropidophis cacuangoae," is seen at a laboratory of the National Institute ...
Scientists have discovered a new species of dwarf boa in the Ecuadoran Amazon and named it after an Indigenous activist. Up to 20 centimeters (7.8 inches) long and with skin colouring similar to those ...