The return of Snakes! Why our slithery friends are back

Snakes typically hide away during cooler winter months, waiting for warmer temperatures to become active and with spring now here snakes are making their way back out.

https://www.kxan.com/weather/weather-blog/the-return-of-snakes-why-our-slithery-friends-are-back/

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@KateShaw has released a new episode: The snakes of Snake Island (a lancehead and a snail-eater), the Martinique Fer-de-lance (a different lancehead), and the Louisiana Pine Snake (a constrictor).

https://strangeanimalspodcast.blubrry.net/2024/07/29/episode-391-welcome-to-snake-island/

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Five #NewSpecies of Eyelash #Pitvipers Discovered in South America https://www.sci.news/biology/bothriechis-eyelash-pitvipers-12681.html

Systematic revision of the Eyelash Palm-Pitviper Bothriechis schlegelii, with the description of five new species and revalidation of three https://evolsyst.pensoft.net/article/114527/

"certain populations exhibit longer, more stylized eyelashes compared to others. The variations in the condition of the eyelashes led researchers to hypothesize the existence of undiscovered species"

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