SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa., Sept. 9 -- Slippery Rock University issued the following news release:
A Slippery Rock University faculty member channeled a famous rock musician while riffing with researchers on a scientific discovery that welcomed a new reptile to the jungle. Justin Bernstein, an SRU assistant professor of biology, collaborated with researchers at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science, and several other institutions, to describe a newly discovered snake species, honoring legendary Guns N' Roses guitarist Saul "Slash" Hudson in the process.
The newly discovered "Lielaphis slashi" is a 28-inch-long reddish-brown snake from the forests of New Guinea. Named by the seven rese...