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Sunday, February 22, 2026
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Topic: snake species

Great Andaman dweller, named after Steve Irwin—researchers discover a new species of wolf snake

The Pondicherry University-led research team, which discovered the harmless snake, has named it Irwin’s wolf snake, according to a study in Evolutionary Systematics.

New snake family–Micrelapidae–discovered, three species identified

According to the researchers, the small snakes, seen with black and yellow rings, diverged from the rest of the evolutionary tree of snakes about 50 million years ago.

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