Israeli zoologists find new family of snakes dating back 50 million years
A new snake family named Micrelapidae that includes only three species – two in East Africa and one in Israel – has as identified by an international team including Israeli zoologists.
The Micrelaps Snake(photo credit: THE STEINHARDT MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY)ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICHUpdated: