Salazar’s pit viper
Salazar’s pit viper, also known as Trimeresurus salazar, is a species of venomous, green pit viper first discovered in 2019 in the lowlands of the western part of Arunachal Pradesh, India; the fifth new reptile species to be discovered in the region in 2019. It was named after Salazar Slytherin from the Harry Potter series. It has a dark green head and yellowish green dorsal scales on the rest of its body. The species is sexually dichromatic; the males have reddish-orange and yellow-orange stripes and a rusty red-orange tail that the females lack. Its habitat is under threat from human development activities. Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Reptilia Order Squamata Family Viperidae Genus Trimeresurus Species T. salazar Suborder Serpentes Binomial Name Trimeresurus salazar A new green pit viper species of the genus Trimeresurus was discovered during the herpetological expedition to Arunachal Pradesh in India, part of the Himalayan biodiversity hotspot. The scientists nam...