Four new snake species discovered in Papua New Guinea

Four new snake species discovered in Papua New Guinea

Herpetology has long navigated through tangled terrain in Papua New Guinea, where species mislabeling and sparse sampling have clouded scientific understanding. But a recent revision has brought rare clarity—and four unexpected discoveries, reports Akhyari Hananto for Mongabay-Indonesia. In April 2025, Fred Kraus of the University of Michigan published a study in Zootaxa identifying four new […]