![]() It has been drinking water for about half an hour." Mr Morris, who runs Preston Pets and Reptiles, believes the snake must have been out of its vivarium for "a good few weeks". Terrifying: Mark Yip thought his son was holding a toy snake but he quickly realised it was actually a 3ft killer reptileīut when she called at a pet shop for extra supplies, manager Tim Morris offered to take it in. She already owns a corn snake, which is a similar species, and planned to take the new find home to keep in her spare tank. The reptile was taken away by Torbay Council dog warden Janice Pope. "Mark's braver than me but when he realised what he thought was a toy snake was a real one he got a big shock." I bought it for him as a present and he's always using it to scare us. "He thought it was Leonard's toy snake but then it started to move and he realised it was real," said Mrs Yip. ![]() The incident happened when Mr Yip, who owns a noodle bar in the resort, returned home to get a sun hat for his six-year-old daughter Ellie and spotted the snake. It is now being looked after at a pet shop until someone comes forward to claim it. Having confirmed that it was harmless to humans, 44-year-old Mr Yip bravely handled it before it was taken away. It was confirmed that the reptile was an albino Californian king snake, a non-venomous constrictor which is believed to have escaped or been abandoned by a neighbour of the family in Paignton, Devon. She raised the alarm with the local council, who sent a dog warden to capture the intruder. He slammed the door and yelled for his wife, Cindy. Indonesia and Malaysia have territory on Borneo, which is also home to the sultanate of Brunei.Spot the difference: Leonard with his toy and the snake found at his homeĪt this point a terrified Mr Yip did what most red-blooded men would do. The WWF, the international group formerly known as World Wildlife Fund, said 361 animal and plant species have been discovered since 1996 on Borneo, underscoring its unparalleled biological diversity.īut it said that widespread logging has left Borneo with only half of its former forest cover, down from 75 percent in the mid-1980s. Scientists named their find the Kapuas Mud Snake, and speculated it might only occur in the Kapuas River drainage system. Its ability to change color has kept it hidden from science until now," said Bambang Supriyanto, a WWF specialist on Borneo. ![]() "The discovery of the 'chameleon' snake exposes one of nature's best-kept secrets. The 1.6-foot-long snake was discovered last year in wetlands and swamp forests around the Kapuas River in the Betung Kerihun National Park in the Indonesian part of Borneo island. Reptiles typically change color to camouflage themselves from predators. "When I retrieved it a few minutes later, it was almost entirely white." "I put the reddish-brown snake in a dark bucket," said Mark Auliya, a reptile expert and a consultant for the group. ![]() The ability to change skin color is known in some reptiles, such as the chameleon, but scientists have seen it rarely with snakes and have not yet understood this phenomenon, the group said in a statement. JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Researchers scouring swamps in the heart of Borneo island have discovered a venomous species of snake that can change its skin color, the conservation group WWF announced Tuesday. A scientist holds the head of Enhydris Gyii, known in West Kalimantan as Kapuas Mud Snake. Thursday, JPosted: 0555 GMT (1355 HKT) Researchers scouring through the swamps of Borneo island have discovered a new species of snake that can change its skin color.
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