The “tiny” snake is often mistaken for an earthworm and is being shipped globally unintentionally in the root balls of ...

But based on the snakes Fry's team studied and documented on their trip to an "incredibly remote" part of the Ecuadorian Amazon, it appears the snakes are two genetically distinct species.

“The hitchhiker turned out to be an Ornate Cat-eyed Snake, a mildly venomous snake species native to Ecuador,” the division said. A bite by such a snake is not fatal to humans, but can cause ...

One such discovery astonished researchers when they found a new species of giant anaconda in the dense forests of Ecuador ... This gigantic snake was found in the Bameno region under the ...