{"id":33520,"date":"2023-02-10T21:10:38","date_gmt":"2023-02-11T02:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/?p=33520"},"modified":"2023-02-10T21:22:36","modified_gmt":"2023-02-11T02:22:36","slug":"leonardo-dicaprio-snake-bright-orange-eyes-discovered-panama-jungle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/leonardo-dicaprio-snake-bright-orange-eyes-discovered-panama-jungle\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Leonardo DiCaprio’ snake with bright orange eyes discovered in Panama jungle"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Five species of previously unknown snakes with stunning eyes were discovered in jungle trees, and one was named after Leonardo DiCaprio. But mining threatens them all.<\/p>\n

Slithering among shrubs in the foothill forests of Panama, there is a snake the color of burnt embers, with round eyes like glowing coals. The snake, soon to be named DiCaprio’s snail-eating snake (Sibon irmelindicaprioae<\/em>), is one of five newfound species living in the jungles of Central and South America. In a new study, researchers described the new species and shed light on how gold<\/u> and copper mining operations in the region may threaten other stunning snakes.<\/p>\n

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“These new species of snake are just the tip of the iceberg in terms of new species discoveries in this region,” lead author Alejandro Arteaga<\/u>(opens in new tab)<\/span>, president and research director at the Khamai Foundation, a conservation-focused nongovernmental organization, said in a statement<\/u>(opens in new tab)<\/span>. “But if illegal mining continues at this rate, there may not be an opportunity to make any future discoveries.”<\/p>\n