{"id":2834,"date":"2020-11-25T12:32:11","date_gmt":"2020-11-25T07:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.classiciasacademy.com\/blog\/?p=2834"},"modified":"2020-11-25T12:32:11","modified_gmt":"2020-11-25T07:02:11","slug":"discovery-of-new-vine-snake-species","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.classiciasacademy.com\/blog\/discovery-of-new-vine-snake-species\/","title":{"rendered":"Discovery of New Vine Snake Species"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
In News<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Researchers discovered a new vine snake species in peninsular\nIndia.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
In-Detail<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Research from the Centre for Ecological Sciences (CES)<\/strong> and the Indian Institute of Sciences (IISC)\ndiscovered new vine snake species in peninsular India.<\/strong><\/li>
Researchers collected\nextensive samples across peninsular India and even in peri-urban areas.<\/li>
Researches carried\nfield visits across India to collect morphological data, specimens, and tissue\nsamples.<\/li>
This made them\nunderstand the patterns of distribution and diversification of vine snakes.<\/li>
Researchers from the\nChennai Snake Park and the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) also\ncollaborated on the study.<\/li>
Researchers founded\nthat the common green vine snake (Ahaetulla nasuta) in India has a complex of\nspecies.<\/li>
Researchers found four\ndifferent small-bodied and short-nosed species.<\/li>
The vine snake species that were found in the Northern Western Ghats are Ahaetulla nasuta,<\/em> Fransworth\u2019s vine\nsnake – Ahaetulla farnsworthi<\/em>,\nMalabar vine snake – Ahaetulla malabarica<\/em><\/strong>. Wall\u2019s vine\nsnake – Ahaetulla isabellina<\/em> was\nfound in the Western Ghats rainforests.<\/strong><\/li>
These were similar in\ntheir morphology but separated by geographic or ecological barriers.<\/li>
Researchers also\ndelineated the Travancore vine snake-Aharetulla travancorica.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>
The Gunther\u2019s vine snake –<\/strong> Ahaetulla\ndispar<\/em><\/strong> is separated by morphology and a geographical barrier.<\/li>
They recognized the\nmorphological distinctions between the brown vine snake in the Western Ghats\nand one that is found in Sri Lanka.<\/li>
Scientists named the\nnew snake species as Ahaetulla sahyadrensis.<\/li>
Now there are six\nspecies of vine snakes in the Western Ghats.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Vine\nSnakes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Vine snakes are\ncommonly found in peninsular India, peri-urban areas, and in the Western Ghats.<\/li>
The Asian Vine Snakes\nare distributed throughout the continent.<\/li>
They belong to the\ngenus Ahaetulla and recently described as Proahaetulla.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"