Miami Herald

2-foot-long creature — with distinct ‘eyelashes’ — found hunting. It’s a new species

High up in the mountains of Colombia, a scaly creature balanced its 2-foot-long body on a branch. The predator had its red eyes on its next meal. But other sets of eyes were watching it, too. Nearby ...
Miami Herald

Venomous 1-foot-long creature found hunting in forest of Ecuador. It’s a new species

Scientists found a venomous, 1-foot-long animal with yellow eyes at Tundaloma Lodge and discovered a new species, a study said. Street View Image from November 2014 ...
The State

2-foot-long predator — ‘a hidden green gem’ — discovered as new species in Tibet

Scientists found a 2-foot-long predator with colorful eyes in Tibet and discovered an “extremely rare” new species, a study said. Photo from Y.H. Xu via Xu, Nguyen, Wang, Zhang, Poyarkov, Wei, Vogel, ...
Science Daily

Same and different: A new species of pit viper from Myanmar

Asian pit vipers of the genus Trimeresurus are notoriously difficult to tell apart and continue puzzling researchers to this day. Some species groups have similar-looking species (different species ...