New Viper Species Discovered in Arunachal Pradesh
India now has a fifth brown pit viper but with a reddish tinge. A team of herpetologists have described a new species of reddish-brown pit viper — a venomous snake with a unique heat-sensing system — from a forest in West Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh.
Key Facts
- The discovery, makes the Arunachal pit viper (Trimeresurus arunachalensis) the second serpent to have been discovered after the non-venomous crying keelback in the State’s Lepa-Rada district in 2018.
- The new species also makes Arunachal Pradesh the only Indian state to have a pit viper named after it.
- India had four brown pit vipers before ....
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