Until recently, there were 18 known species of egg-eating snakes and one subspecies, all in just two genera. That number has just increased by one, thanks to a new egg-eating snake species discovered ...

Why is its entire body as black as ink, yet its throat is pure white?When it comes to snake coloration, it is often assumed ...

A new species of snake that feeds exclusively on birds' eggs has been discovered in the Harenna Forest in Ethiopia, one of the last substantial tracts of natural forest left in the Horn of Africa.

The post He Took in a Baby Egg-Eating Snake — She Was a New Species appeared first on A-Z Animals. Until recently, there were 18 known species of egg-eating snakes and one subspecies, all in just two ...

In parts of southern Ethiopia’s forests, an entire group of snakes survives on nothing but bird eggs. Almost all of them look the same: black, or close to it, with barely a marking to tell one from ...