GUWAHATI A team of researchers from multiple institutions has described a new species of burrowing reed snake from Meghalaya’s West Garo Hills district. The description of the species, named Calamaria garoensis (Garo Hills reed snake), has been published in Taprobanica, an international peer-reviewed journal.
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