Kapuas mud snake
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Enhydris gyii Murphy, Voris & Auliya, 2005 |
The Kapuas mud snake (Enhydris gyii), named after the Kapuas River, is a native Borneo species of snakes that can change its color skin spontaneously.[1] The chameleon-like behaviour was discovered in 2005 accidentally when the snake was put in a dark bucket and the color skin was turned itself into white.[2] Scientists determined the snake as a new species belongs to the Enhydris genus. Like all Homalopsinae, the 30 inches (76 cm) long snake is midly venomous (rear-fanged) and viviparous.
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- ^ John C. Murphy; Harold K. Voris; Mark Auliya (31 Dec 2005). "A new species of Enhydris (Serpentes: Colubridae: Homalopsinae) from the Kapuas river system, West Kalimantan, Indonesia". The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 53 (2): 271-275. Retrieved on 2006-06-27.
- ^ "Snake displays changing colours", BBC News, 26 June 2006. Retrieved on 2007-01-09.