Context:

• A team of herpetologists recently identified a snake that has the colours of the rainbow

More about news:

• Belonging to the genus Melanophidium, the non-venomous snakes, also known as shield tail snakes.
• They are endemic to the Western Ghats.
• The snake is largely nocturnal, and appears to be black in colour. But when light falls on it, it displays the colours of the rainbow.

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