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Judi Lynn

(160,545 posts) Tue May 20, 2014, 02:48 AM May 2014

'Lost' snake species resurfaces in Mexico

'Lost' snake species resurfaces in Mexico
Last Updated: Tuesday, May 20, 2014, 09:29

Washington: The Clarion nightsnake, a reptilian species believed lost, has resurfaced in Mexico, a US museum said Monday.

Brownish black in color and sporting spots on its head and neck, it was found on the Mexican island of Clarion in the Pacific, some 440 miles (700 kilometers) off the mainland.

It was rediscovered by a researcher at the National Museum of Natural History in the US capital, the institution said in a statement.

The snake -- a lone specimen of which is part of the museum's collections -- was first discovered in 1936 by naturalist William Beebe while on an expedition to western Mexico.

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It sounds like a pretty snake Warpy May 2014 #1

Warpy

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1. It sounds like a pretty snake

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Tue May 20, 2014, 03:54 AM

May 2014

I hope they let this one go. The problem with naturalists like Beebe is that they took specimens instead of drawing pictures and letting them go.

Now they can be photographed, measured, catalogued, and DNA samples taken and still left to go about their lives.

A lot about the modern world hasn't been improved. Natrualists' methods have.

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