New Species of Rattlesnake Discovered in Thailand

A new species of venomous rattlesnake has been discovered in Satun province in southern Thailand.

This new species of snake was discovered just days after the discovery of a new species of spider.

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This pit viper (or rattlesnake) is the smallest ever found in the subfamily of venomous snakes.

Crotalinae or Rattlesnakes are a subfamily of snakes in the Viperidae family .

Saengsuree Songthong, head of the national park, said he, his assistant Nakhen Kaweethanatham and research officer Bunyarit Dechochai accidentally spotted the snakes while they were recently resting under a limestone shelter.

They took pictures and asked a researcher to identify them.

The research then revealed that the team had made a new discovery.

Mr. Saengsuree said the newly discovered species had the scientific name "Trimeresurus ciliaris" and was referred to as the "limestone eyelash viper."

It resembles Trimeresurus venustus or “beautiful pit viper”.

The limestone eyelash viper is smaller than the beautiful pit viper, the park chief said.

Her eyelashes and nose are larger and the patterns on her lateral scales are lighter.

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