Discovered new species of non-foot reptile

A group of British and Indian scientists have just announced they happened to discover a new non-foot reptile in the Indian state of Kerala.

The reptile named Gegeneophis primus was found in the wet soil area when scientists dug the banks of streams flowing from the mountain during a field survey in 2010 and 2011.

Each animal is about 168mm long and pink. They belong to a group of amphibian reptiles that look like earthworms.

New reptiles discovered.

Ramachandran Kotharambath, the leader of the survey team, said the animal was identified as a new species after scientists compared it to similar animals and amphibians.

This finding is the result of a long-term collaboration between the Department of Zoology of Kerela University and the London Museum of Natural History, together with the contribution of Kasargod University in Kerala. Research results have just been published in the specialized journal Zootaxa.

According to the researchers, new species discoveries show the diversity of amphibians in the Western Ghats region of India that may not have been discovered by the scientific community, as they are very vulnerable to human activities so long they live very quietly at the foot of the people.

Currently, the strange-looking animals do not have any threat before their eyes because their living environment remains the same. Researchers say they need to learn more about how far and wide this species is distributed, as well as how it requires habitat.