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Verified After Two Decades: the Fourth Anaconda Species

Verified After Two Decades: the Fourth Anaconda Species

by Joeby Ragpa - Nov. 29, 2022
The fourth Anaconda species Eunectes beniensis. Credit: Lutz Dirksen

Two decades after having described a new Anaconda species based on morphological characteristics, a team guided by David Tarknishvili succeeded in extracting DNA from some old, pre-existing tissue samples. They used these to substantiate and verify the specific status of the new species.

The new findings have been published in Amphibia-Reptilia.

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