Discover new bizarre snake ghosts in Madagascar

Experts say this is a subspecies of cat-eye snake.

After walking for nearly 30km in the rain in Madagascar, when coming to Tsingy gray limestone mountain, the research team of the American Museum of Natural History discovered a strange, light-gray "ghost snake" with patches Very strange and impressive colors, never seen before.

Although newly discovered, the scientific community is extremely excited and eager to study the sudden appearance and mysterious behavior of this "ghost" creature.

Many people believe that they belong to the cat-snake family.

According to the description, this "ghost snake" has a special eye element, with a vertical pupil. Therefore, many people believe that they belong to the cat-snake family.

However, many experts say that this snake is a completely different subspecies because they do not have blue eyes like cat's snake eyes.

Dr Sara Ruane of the Museum of Natural History, the study's lead author, said: "There are no snakes in Madagascar that have a pale color and shape like this newly discovered species.

I think what we need to do now is to learn about this new species. It is possible that they are a subspecies of cat-eye snakes - snakes are quite common in Madagascar. But you know, the natural world is immense and there are many things we need to discover. "

This snake is named Madagascarophis lolo.

Due to being found in Madagascar, this snake is named Madagascarophis lolo - meaning "ghost" in Malagasy. However, many people call them Madagascarophis fuschi.

The team has now returned to the United States to conduct a very tedious morphological, genetic and work analysis - counting the scales on the solid abdomen to better understand the species.

In addition, experts also collected samples from species thought to be relatives of Madagascarophis fuschi and genetically compared their three generations.