A NEW SPECIES OF SNAKE FOUND IN MIZORAM

* A NEW SPECIES OF SNAKE HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN MIZORAM.

* NAMED SMITHOPHIS LAPTOFASCIATUS 

* DISCOVERED BY ZOOLOGY DEPARTMENT, MIZORAM UNIVERSITY.

* GENUS - SMITHOPHIS (RAIN SNAKE SO CALLED BCOZ IT OCCURS IN RAINY SEASON) 

* THIS IS THE THIRD SMITHOPHIS SPECIES DISCOVERED 

BEFORE - 

* SMITHOPHIS ATEMPORALIS 

* SMITHOPHIS MIZORAMENSIS