The new species is unusual for having a 'vestigial pelvis', a characteristic of primitive snakes, taken as evidence by some that snakes descended from lizards that lost their limbs over millions of years.
abc.net.au/news/new-dwarf-boa-found-ecuadoran-amazon/101834266Scientists have discovered a new species of dwarf boa in the Ecuadorian Amazon and named it after an Indigenous activist.Two specimens of a new dwarf boa species were discovered in a reserve and a private parkspecies in South America to six
Up to 20-centimetres long and with skin colourings similar to those of the boa constrictor, the previously unknown snake has been namedThe second part of the name honours early-20th-century Indigenous rights activist Dolores Cacuango, according to Ecuador's environment ministry. Two specimens were found in the Colonso Chalupas national reserve and in the private Sumak Kawsay park, the discoverers reported.
The snakes are "a relic of time", Ecuadorian researcher Mario Yanez — of the National Biodiversity Institute — said.The species is unusual for having a "vestigial pelvis", a characteristic of primitive snakes, taken as evidence by some that snakes descended from lizards that lost their limbs over millions of years.
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