Amblyodipsas is a genus of snakes found in Africa, often known as purple-glossed snakes or glossy snakes (ref). Currently, 9 species are recognized. Although rear-fanged, all species are ...

The snake has a “glossy” exterior and relatively small head and tail, researchers said. Poyarkov NA, Bragin AM, Nguyen TV (2024) Herpetozoa The snake has a “glossy” body with a pale brown ...

More than a decade ago, researcher Nick Poyarkov was in Bu Gia Map National Park in southern Vietnam when he saw a snake. “I was totally captured by these strange, thin, mysterious snakes,” he ...