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Trimeresurus salazar
April 22 , 2020
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- It is the fifth variety of reptile to have been discovered in Arunachal Pradesh in a little more than a year.
- It was collected from the Pakke Tiger Reserve in Pakke-Kessang district.
- Of the species recorded from India, seven had been found in the northeast before the Salazar’s pit viper.
- Salazar’s pit viper belongs to the genus Trimeresurus Lacépède comprising charismatic venomous serpents with morphologically as well as ecologically diverse species.
- Pit vipers are venomous snakes distinguished by their heat-sensing pit organs between the eye and the nostril.
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