India, Jan. 5 -- A new species of reed snake was found in Mizoram, which the researchers named after the state where it was found, calling it Calamaria Mizoramensis.

A team of researchers headed by HT Lalremsanga, professor in Mizoram University confirmed the discovery.

The discovery, led by Prof HT Lalremsanga, head of the department of zoology, along with fellow researcher Malsawmdawngliana Fanai, their team, and other colleagues from Russia, Germany and Vietnam, has been formally published in the latest issue of Zootaxa issued on Monday, January 5, 2026.

According to Prof. HT Lalremsanga, the genus Calamaria comprises 69 recognised species globally, most of them small, secretive, and poorly studied; the newly described Mizoram speci...