{"id":2396,"date":"2019-12-03T14:26:07","date_gmt":"2019-12-03T08:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.classiciasacademy.com\/blog\/?p=2396"},"modified":"2019-12-03T14:26:07","modified_gmt":"2019-12-03T08:56:07","slug":"trachischium-apteii-a-new-snake-from-arunachal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.classiciasacademy.com\/blog\/trachischium-apteii-a-new-snake-from-arunachal\/","title":{"rendered":"Trachischium apteii &#8211; A New Snake from Arunachal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In\nNews<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In yet another new discovery, a non-venomous burrowing snake species\nwas found in the forests of Arunachal Pradesh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In-Detail\n<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>The new species, <strong><em>Trachischium apteii<\/em><\/strong>, was found in July 2019 in the forested area of Tally Valley\nWildlife Sanctuary near Ziro town of Arunachal Pradesh.<\/li><li>The discovery was made by three\nresearchers &#8211; one from Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), one from Pune\u2019s\nFergusson College and the other from the National Centre for Biological\nSciences (NCBS), Bengaluru.<\/li><li>The discovery was published in\nthe science journal <em>Comptes\nRendus Biologies<\/em>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Trachischium apteii<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>As per the researchers, the new\nspecies belongs to a group of fossorial snakes that lives underground surfacing\nonly after a heavy monsoon shower.<br>\nDue to this burrowing behaviour of the species, snakes of this group are seldom\nseen and are poorly studied.<\/li><li>The name <strong><em>Trachischium\napteii <\/em>i<\/strong>s in the honour of Deepak Apte, a well-known marine biologist\nand Director of BNHS.<\/li><li><strong><em>Trachischium <\/em><\/strong>species are distributed across the Himalayas, Indo-Bruma and\nIndo-China regions.<\/li><li>There are seven known species\nof these slender snakes. <\/li><li>The snakes can grow up to a\nlength of about 293mm to 299mm, generally lower than a foot in length. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conclusion\n<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Researchers have stated that Northeast India is one of the least\nexplored regions of the world for biodiversity. It is especially so for\nreptiles, amphibians and most invertebrate groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The researchers have documented more species during their\nexploration of the region and are ascertaining the identities of the species.\nThey are of the opinion that more new species will be discovered. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>In News In yet another new discovery, a non-venomous burrowing snake species was found in the forests of Arunachal Pradesh. 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