The snakes have “large” eyes with “bright golden yellow” irises, according to the study. The new species was spotted wrapped around branches and waiting in ambush, researchers said.

The predators are wrapped around branches, peeking out from rock outcrops or “close to the forest floor, presumably waiting for terrestrial prey to pass.” Now, these “ambushing” animals have been ...

Some of the snakes that weren’t collected were found wrapped around a branch, near the entrance of a rocky cave, on dead fallen branches or just near the forest floor, according to the study.