Chapter 123 A new subspecies of the original pit viper, obtaining naming rights

Perhaps because she was still a little worried, the girl told Su Ran anxiously that she also saw a green snake.

“First of all, your friend is indeed not poisoned by the snake, so there is no need to worry too much. Also, there will be no green snakes like the one you mentioned in the forest.” You should know that the most familiar green snake is the Green Pitt.

But this snake is mainly distributed in the south.

As for other green and thin snakes and emerald green snakes, they will no longer exist.

"But I really saw it. The snake was bright green all over and very thick." The girl insisted on her opinion.

"It's ok Feifei, I'm fine anyway, I don't care if there are any green snakes." Li Chaofei said happily, he stood up and walked to Su Ran, holding his hand, "Brother, thank you for this time."

"You're welcome," Su Ran suggested, "In the future, you should not enter the forest casually. This is the most primitive deep forest. You never know when you will encounter fatal danger. You are lucky this time."

Li Chaofei took Su Ran's advice to heart, but looking at the nearly vertical cliff in front of him, there was an expectation to conquer it in his eyes.

"As a rock climbing enthusiast, you may not know how exciting and proud it is for us to conquer such a cliff."

"I don't know, but I know that if you don't commit suicide, you won't die."

Su Ran couldn't help but roll his eyes.

At this time, some netizens seemed to recognize Li Chaofei's identity.

"Brother Su, I know the man you saved. He seems to be the founder of the Peak Club in China. This guy has a great background. He once went abroad to compete with Koreans in rock climbing and helped our country win the first place."

Hearing this, Su Ran's mood also calmed down a little.

I couldn't help but look at Li Chaofei with admiration.

Li Chaofei saw this and said with a wry smile, "Well, it's not worth mentioning. At that time, the only thing I competed with the Han people was climbing a 200-meter cliff. For me, this height is just a common occurrence."

He pointed to the cliff in front of him and exclaimed, "This cliff is about 500 meters high. If anyone can conquer it, he will be the undisputed number one climber in China!"

However, Li Chaofei felt that no one could climb this cliff with bare hands, not even him. Every step on the nearly vertical cliff was a huge challenge.

The rescue team arrived soon, and after confirming that the three victims were safe, Su Ran handed over the work to the rescue team.

After they all left, at the strong request of the audience, Su Ran went to the pangolin cave to visit the family of six.

But the pangolin father should be out looking for food and not at home now.

Only four baby pangolins ran out of the cave, and when they saw Su, they immediately surrounded its toes.

This little pangolin seems particularly quiet. Its round little eyes look around curiously, as if it is full of desire to explore this new world.

Su Ran looked down at the little life, and a tender emotion surged in his heart.

He bent down gently, stretched out his fingers and gently touched the top of the baby pangolin's head, feeling its delicate scales.

The baby pangolin was not afraid. Instead, it moved closer to Su Ran's fingers, as if seeking a sense of warmth and security.

During this quiet afternoon, a special bond was established between Su Ran and the baby pangolin.

Although they cannot communicate with words, the feelings between them are sincere and deep.

The cute appearance of the baby pangolin and the warm scene of it at Su Ran's feet became a beautiful scenery in this wonderful moment.

The netizens were very relaxed watching this.

The mother pangolin gradually adapted to Su Ran's presence and began to move around his feet. Although its movements were slow and cautious, every step revealed its trust in Su Ran.

Netizens were in a very good mood and did not post any comments but just watched this harmonious scene quietly.

At this time, Su Ran found that he had received a private message from Professor Meng Haichang.

The snake expert seemed to be bothered by what the girl had just said: "Young anchor, the girl said earlier that she saw a snake that was all green. I don't think that's a lie."

People are unlikely to make up lies when they are under the most stress, especially in the situation just now, there is no need to do so.

Under Su Ran's questioning, Meng Haichang expressed his hope: "I wonder if you can help me find out if there is really such a snake nearby. Maybe we can find some unknown subspecies of snakes."

Every animal has its own distribution and habitat. When this animal appears in a completely new place, it is very likely to be a new subspecies of this population.

Meng Haichang has been studying snakes for more than 30 years and has discovered three new subspecies in his lifetime.

Su Ran also wanted to see if there were any undiscovered snake species in this forest, so he began searching nearby.

Thermal sensing could not see the outline of the snake, and this cold-blooded animal gave Su Ran a headache.

However, when Su Ran used his ability, he saw the pangolin father at the bottom of the cliff not far away. Judging from its anxious steps, it seemed to have encountered some danger.

Feeling the danger approaching from behind, the pangolin immediately curled up its body.

A poisonous snake with a green body and some stripes wrapped around it, opened its mouth and bit it directly.

However, the fangs were unable to penetrate the hard scales, and only a little venom remained on the scales.

Seeing this scene, netizens couldn't help but make fun of it.

"Haha, what else can you do except make me drool."

The pangolin, obviously enraged, controlled its muscles and made its scales cut the snake's body like sharp blades.

The green venomous snake let go of the pangolin and curled up on the edge, wriggling in pain.

At this time, Su Ran had already come to the place closest to the poisonous snake. What the girl said was indeed true. She really saw a poisonous snake with a green body.

In the live broadcast room, Meng Haichang was confused, surprised and excited!
A variety of emotions intertwined in my heart, causing earth-shaking changes.

"This snake... is too big."

"The green snake looks pretty good."

"It feels like a little blue dragon..."

In addition to being surprised, more netizens were curious about what kind of snake this was.

Deng Jiaying, who also has some knowledge of snakes, posted a comment: "Su Ran, is this the Mangshan Iron Head?"

The Snake Habitat Research Center commented at this time: "Yes... but not completely. However, it is certain that this is indeed the genus Prolancehead Agkistrodon. As for whether it is the Mangshan pit viper, from the perspective of geographical distribution and appearance, there are still differences between the two ranges."

The Mangshan soldering iron tip is dark in color and has many lines on it.

In other words, this snake, which looks similar to the Python Mountain Iron Head, is not the same one.

But at this time, Meng Haichang had already come to his own conclusion. He said excitedly: "This should be a completely new subspecies of the original pit viper!"
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"Subspecies is a concept in biological taxonomy and is another level of classification unit below species."

"The same species will form different groups due to factors such as adaptation to the environment. There are certain differences in morphology, genetics, ecology, etc. between these groups. This difference is called subspecies."

Meng Haichang began to explain to netizens in the live broadcast room.

"The most famous snake species of the genus Protoceratops in China is the Mangshan Iron Head, which was discovered thirty-five years ago." In order to let the audience understand in more detail, Meng Haichang also specially explained that Iron Head is a broad common name for Protoceratops, because the head of this snake looks very much like a triangular branding iron.

This snake belongs to the genus Agkistrodon.

The original lancehead pit viper is a general term for a genus of venomous snakes in the subfamily Viperinae, suborder Serpentes.

It does not refer to just one kind of venomous snake.

The most famous of these is the Mangshan Iron Head.

Because the scales and patterns of this snake are extremely rare, it is also a venomous snake unique to China and is only distributed in a small area around Mangshan in the south.

Because of this, it is also called the giant panda of snakes.

The one we see now has more beautiful patterns and brighter colors than the Mangshan pit viper, and can also be classified into the genus Proto-lancehead viper.

But there are still some obvious differences between it and the Mangshan soldering iron tip.

"This difference in subspecies classification includes different geographical subspecies and ecological subspecies."

Meng Haichang was almost certain that this pit viper was a new subspecies, which also made many snake experts happy.

You should know that while the Mangshan soldering iron head is extremely precious, no subspecies was found in the first ten minutes or so.

And now, the new subspecies appeared in Su Ran’s live broadcast room. How could this not be surprising?

This pit viper is so beautiful, it deserves the name of a small green dragon!
Su Ran couldn't help but say, "If this snake were put on the black market, the price would be at least over two million!"

"Is it true? Is a snake so expensive?"

"Fuck, then Brother Su, go sell this snake right away."

"In front, I'll punish you for your idea."

There is a reason why Su Ran said this snake is precious.

You should know that the scientific research value of the Mangshan soldering iron tip alone is very high.

Some foreign scientific research institutions want to publish a heavyweight paper on the Mangshan soldering iron tip before China.

However, they were unable to obtain the original species through formal channels, so they could only lure local villagers to buy them at high prices.

As a result, the price of soldering iron tips on the black market has skyrocketed.

Not to mention that some zoos or individuals abroad want to raise this rare venomous snake unique to China.

And who knows how much more precious the new subspecies discovered today is than the Mangshan pit viper!
At this time, the rustling sound of leaves came from not far away.

The pit viper was crawling slowly over the cobblestones.

Soon it came to a place covered with moss.

What is surprising is that the dark brown mesh patterns on its body, which looks bright green compared to the Mangshan iron head, make it blend in with the moss on the ground.

This pit viper lying quietly on the moss looks so natural!
Pretty!

No, it should be said that it is a work of art from nature!

Anyone in the country who is engaged in snake research rushed into Su Ran’s live broadcast room to witness this historic moment.

For them, Su Ran’s new discovery was undoubtedly the most exciting news.

However, Su Ran was not as happy as these people.

Netizens asked what happened.

Su Ran said truthfully: "The discovery of this new subspecies is indeed exciting news, but it is almost unknown how many populations of this subspecies still exist in the forest."

What he said was indeed correct. At least as of now, no second pit viper has been found in the forest.

"So if we want to protect this population in a targeted way, we must first understand their living habits and population distribution."

"Just leave this matter to our snake sanctuary."

Seeing the official boss take action, the audience felt a lot more relieved.

While the conservation institute is preparing to begin targeted protection and research on the original lancehead pit viper in the forest, the State Forestry Department is also preparing to include this original lancehead pit viper in the snake population atlas.

However, no conclusion could be reached about the name of this snake.

Snakes are included in the Forestry Department's office.

Yang Linzhong, the director in charge of preparing to include the new subspecies of the original lancehead pit viper, couldn't help but say: "You know, the discovery of a new subspecies of snake is a big deal."

"Especially the Mangshan iron head is extremely rare, and its distribution is only in Mangshan."

"This has long been the consensus of the snake academic community, but now someone has told those experts who have studied snakes for decades that a new subspecies has been discovered."

"This news is as exciting as winning the lottery."

Yang Linzhong calmed down his excitement and said, "I don't think it will take much. There will definitely be many people in the industry rushing to name the new subspecies."

A colleague next to him said, "But Director, generally speaking, new species are named by the discoverer. This is a consensus in the community."

"Yes, that's right," Yang Linzhong nodded, "So my point is very simple, we have to go to the forest to meet the forest ranger."

After returning home, Su Ran wrote about the living habits of the new subspecies of the pit viper, which were all known from the kingdom, phylum, order and family introduced by the system.

Su Ran planned to explain it briefly, which might be of great help to relevant agencies in protecting the original lancehead pit viper.

What Su Ran is considering now is the issue that many research institutes are most concerned about. However, since he has taken action to solve it, there will definitely be no problems in the future.

Just then, staff from the Provincial Forestry Department came to the door, and Su Ran shook hands with Yang Linzhong and others.

Yang Linzhong, who was carrying a briefcase, said straight to the point: "Stationmaster Su, the purpose of our visit this time is to invite you to name the new subspecies of the original lancehead pit viper."

Su Ran was somewhat pleased to hear this. One has to know that the opportunity to name an animal is hard to come by, and many people involved in this industry may dream of discovering a new species and then naming it themselves.

"I think the Linhai soldering iron tip is pretty good."

Following the practice of naming the Mangshan sea bass after place names, Su Ran chose to name the new subspecies Linhai sea bass.

Another benefit of this is that while the outside world is paying attention to the new subspecies, it will also deepen the impression of Lin Hai, thus playing a promotional role.

Yang Linzhong nodded slightly, thinking about the name carefully: "Linhai Iron Head...Linhai Original Spearhead Viper. Yeah, it's a good name."

"Are you sure this is the name?"

Yang Shulin asked.

(End of this chapter)