Four researchers in South America discovered a species of snake, which the team named for action icon Harrison Ford.
ATLANTA — Four researchers navigated treacherous terrain and feared for their lives during a harrowing brush with suspected drug traffickers in one of the most dangerous, scientifically unexplored areas in the world, according to the lead scientist and an account published by a nonprofit conservation organization.
Now it's official: The nearly foot-and-a-half-long, yellow-brown creature found during a perilous journey into a Peruvian national park has the scientific name Tachymenoides harrisonfordi.Lehr, who has identified well over 100 species new to science throughout his career as a herpetologist, has always loved exploring the rich biodiversity of Peru.
The national park is near "the VRAEM area, which is the center of Peru's coca production and narco-trafficking," according to the study. That was a clear sign of danger, Lehr said, and the group quickly began requesting a rescue pickup. It took four days — delayed by storms — for a military helicopter to retrieve the scientists.
The team located and named a previously unmapped waterfall and documented a lizard species unknown to science. Lehr said naming the animal with a nod to Ford was a perfect fit, not only because of the tongue-in-cheek reference to Indiana Jones' hatred for the scaly creatures. Ford, in real life, is a devoted conservationist and serves as vice chair of the nonprofit Conservation International's board of directors.
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