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Detailed explanation-1: -Name it Trimeresurus Salazar, after Salazar Slytherin, a characted in JK Rowling’s Harry Potter novels. Indian herpetologists have discovered a new species of viper family in Pakke Tiger Reserve in Arunachal Pradesh and named it after Salazar Slytherin, a fictional character in JK Rowling’s Harry Potter series.

Detailed explanation-2: -Trimeresurus salazar, also known as Salazar’s pit viper, is a species of venomous, green pit viper first discovered in 2019 in the lowlands of the western part of Arunachal Pradesh, India; the fifth new reptile species to be discovered in the region in 2019.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Salazar’s pit viper is the second new species of snake to come out of the 41-day expedition. The first one was described by Bhonsle, Gowande and Mirza. They found the non-venomous burrowing snake under fallen logs inside Tally Valley Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh.

Detailed explanation-5: -The discovery by Zeeshan A. Ayaz Mirza of Bengaluru’s National Centre for Biological Sciences, Harshal S. Bhosale of Bombay Natural History Society and four others was published in the April issue of Zoosystematics and Evolution .