Sri Lankan snake's discovery in India suggests ancient ties between countries
By kingsnake.com · February 3, 2015 5:11 am
After a snake common in Sri Lanka was found in India, scientists now suspect the two countries were once connected by land.
From the International Business Times:
The snake can jump five metres and disappear in a trice, says wildlife biologist Bubesh Guptha who has spotted it near the temple town of Tirumala in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Around three feet long and sporting big eyes and skin patterned in ash and olive green, he has spotted the same species twice in and around the same hills. The mildly venomous tropical snake Chrysopelea taprobanica eats bats, lizards, geckos, smaller snake species, skirls and birds, reports Nature Asia.Read more here.
