NEW SNAKE SPECIES..

CHAD ARMENT WRITES:

While there have been a number of new reptiles described this year (as always) around the world, two snakes are worth noting. Here is a new snake from the U.S., Contia longicaudae:

http://www.cnah.org/pdf_files/1522.pdf

And, a very colorful new snake from Madagascar:

http://www.zsm.mwn.de/her/pdf/Vieites_et_al_2010_Liophidium_pattoni.pdf