A new kind of viper is named 'Slytherin' after Harry Potter



The newly discovered viper is given the scientific name `` Trimeresurus Slytherin '' after the character ``

Salazar Slytherin '' of the `` Harry Potter '' series known as the most sold series book in history. It was The scientific news site Science Alert that reported this news describes it as 'the most appropriate scientific name.'

A new species of green pit vipers of the genus Trimeresurus Lacépède, 1804 (Reptilia, Serpentes, Viperidae) from western Arunachal Pradesh, India
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Trimeles las surizarin is a new species belonging to the group of genus Trimeres lass , a group of viper snakes in Asia, and was found in the woodlands of Arunachal Pradesh in eastern India.

Trimeres laths slytherin has a bright yellow-green appearance and has an infrared sensing pit organ in its head. Below is a photo of Trimeres Las Slytherin.



Below is the top and bottom of the tuna roll.



The head looks like this.



According to a joint research team from the National Institute of Biological Sciences in India and the Bombay Natural History Society, Trimeles las Slytherin was very similar to the same genus, Trimeles las Septentrionalis, Trimeles las Insularis , and Trimeres las Annabora Bliss . However, if you look closely, there were differences in the number of teeth and the shape of the reproductive organs, so the research team conducted a DNA survey. As a result, it was discovered that Trimeres squirrelin was different from the known snakes of the genus Trimeres.

It is unclear how the name was named after Salazar Slytherin, but the research team said in a paper that Trimeres Las Slytherin is a new species, `` This new species was thought by JK Rowling's Hogwarts. It was named after Salazar Slytherin, one of the co-founders of the School of Magic and Magic, who had the ability to speak freely with snakes. The popular name is 'Salazar Viper'.

The Trimeres Las surizarin habitat near the Himalayas in eastern India is known as one of the biodiversity hotspots . The research team said in this paper, 'Biological surveys conducted across northeastern India will help document biodiversity threatened by numerous development activities such as road expansion, agriculture and hydropower projects. '.

The only creature named after Harry Potter is Trimeles Las Slytherin. The new species of bee discovered in 2014 is named after the magical creature `` Dimentor '' who acts as a guard of Azkaban , a prison dedicated to magicians appearing in the work, and the new species of spider discovered in 2016 has its shape Each is given a name after the ' grouped hat ' of hats that speak with will.

A spider that looks like a grouped hat can be seen in the article below.

The name of Harry Potter's grouping hat was given to a new species of spider, and the author's rolling was also celebrated-GIGAZINE


By Sonny Abesamis

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