It turned out to be a new species. Fred Kraus visited Misima Island as part of a larger project to survey the region’s reptile diversity. His efforts were focused on a group of tree-dwelling ...

Villagers on an island in Papua New Guinea found a 3-foot-long creature with a black tongue and helped scientists discover a new species. Screengrab from a YouTube video shared by VideoElite ...

The study did not include a DNA analysis of the new species. Kraus also discovered three more species of snakes, one each on Misima Island, Sudest Island and Woodlark Island.