Initially, researchers identified the animals as a known and widespread species, but after testing its DNA and looking closer, they realized they’d discovered a new species: Lycodon latifasciatus, or ...

A Lycodon latifasciatus, or East Himalayan banded wolf snake. Photo from N. A. Poyarkov via Nguyen, Lee, Jiang, Ding, Chit, Poyarkov and Vogel (2025) East Himalayan banded wolf snakes are ...