RicePaddySnakes (IMAGE)

University of Kansas

RicePaddySnakes

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Two rice paddy snakes, Hypsiscopus murphyi sensu and Hypsiscopus plumbeus, are two aquatic snakes that are the focal study taxa in a new Scientific Reports paper. These two snakes were found to have diversified due to a combination of tectonic and environmental mechanisms in Southeast Asia. 

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Bryan L. Stuart ( North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences)

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With credit to Bryan L. Stuart ( North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences)

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