The Vang Vieng lance-headed pit viper is nocturnal ... habitat loss and increased disturbances from mining, manufacturing and spelunking tourists, per the study. The new species was identified ...

Heat and visual data are sent, via the optic nerve, to the pit-viper's brain, where the two types of data are transposed into a single image.

They took a closer look at the snakes and quickly realized they’d discovered a new species: Ovophis zhaoermii, or the Guanyinshan mountain pit viper. An Ovophis zhaoermii, or Guanyinshan ...