A newly discovered species of snake in India has been given the moniker of an important Harry Potter character
April 23, 2020 - 09:07 BST HELLO! Magazine Scientists in India have discovered a new species of snake – and named it after a notorious Harry Potter character. The newly found species of green pit viper has been given the moniker Trimeresurus Salazar, a tribute to Salazar Slytherin.
Researchers from the National Centre for Biological Sciences and Bombay Natural History Society discovered the snake, which will be known as Salazar's pit viper, in Arunachal Pradesh in India. The new green pit viper is said differ from other types of its species because of a"unique orange to reddish stripe, present on the head and body in males.
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Zeeshan A. Mirza on Apr 16, 2020 at 12:29am PDTSalazar's pit viper isn’t the first animal named after a Harry Potter character.
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