Another new vertebrate species

OK, it's not really a surprise when they find new bacteria or insects or plankton or deep sea pelagic species, because they can HIDE.  But new terrestrial vertebrate species are always a surprise.

This one's a new snake, a new species of blunt-headed vine snake.  Somewhat bizarre looking.  Here's a good picture of a different one.

A rather thin and long new snake crawls out of one of Earth's biodiversity hotspots

Glad to hear there are such things as biodiversity hotspots left in the world.