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Detailed explanation-1: -The new species makes Arunachal Pradesh the only Indian state to have a pit viper named after it. Type: It is a species of reddish-brown pit viper, a venomous snake with a unique heat-sensing system.

Detailed explanation-2: -Trimeresurus arunachalensis, the Arunachal pitviper, is a species of venomous pit viper endemic to the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. It is only known from the village of Ramda in the West Kameng district, where a single specimen was discovered during biodiversity surveys.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Levantine viper (Macrovipera lebetina) also known as ‘Gunas’ in the local language, is a venomous snake inhabiting the regions of Jammu and Kashmir.

Detailed explanation-4: -The name of the snake is Trimeresurus Salazar, meaning Salazar’s pit viper. The researchers who discovered this new snake were led by the National Centre for Biological Science of Bangalore.

Detailed explanation-5: -The new-to-science snake named “lenrul”, meaning high-elevation snake in the Mizo language, is the only one of its kind in India found beyond 1,700 metres above the mean sea level. The snake’s scientific name is Herpetoreas murlen, derived from the place it was found – the 200 sq.