This poisonous snake shared its territory with human populations for decades without science recognizing its own identity. For decades, no one knew that this snake was a new species Trimeresurus lii so far passed as a representative of the bamboo viper. However, the two reptiles share a grassy green body and inhabit the same humid mountain forests. Generations of researchers collected these snakes in the western part of the province. Yet they we…
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This poisonous snake shared its territory with human populations for decades without science recognizing its own identity. For decades, no one knew that this snake was a new species Trimeresurus lii so far passed as a representative of the bamboo viper. However, the two reptiles share a grassy green body and inhabit the same humid mountain forests. Generations of researchers collected these snakes in the western part of the province. Yet they we…