RAIDERS OF THE LOST ASP: New Snake Named After Indiana Jones Star Harrison Ford

Image shows Harrison Ford's slender snake (Tachymenoides harrisonfordi), undated photo. It was named after the famous actor by a group of scientists at the German Society for Herpetology and Herpetoculture in the village of Salzhemmendorf, Lower Saxony State, Germany. Note: Licensed content. (E. Lehr, DGHT/Newsflash) Image shows Harrison Ford's slender snake (Tachymenoides harrisonfordi), undated photo. It was named after the famous actor by a group of scientists at the German Society for Herpetology and Herpetoculture in the village of Salzhemmendorf, Lower Saxony State, Germany. Note: Licensed content. (E. Lehr, DGHT/Newsflash)
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16 August 2023
Scientists have named a newly discovered species of snake after Indian Jones star Harrison Ford. The snake - known scientifically as Tachymenoides harrisonfordi - is a Peruvian slender snake and was found in swamps in national park grasslands. Ford - whose globe-trotting Indiana Jones...