The discovery was a ... first learned the ropes of "herping" [reptile hunting] in South-East Asia,' the young researcher said. 'Having my first ever new taxa of snake be described from this ...

For those interested in learning more about herping -- how to find amphibians and reptiles in their native habitat -- the ...

Damon Corrie, president of the Caribbean Herpetological Society, acknowledged that Hedges is the first to scientifically examine and describe the snake, but the so-called discovery makes locals ...