Named Vasuki indicus, this extinct species may have been one of the largest snakes to ever exist, surpassing even the anacondas and pythons of today. The findings were reported in the journal ...
Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee analyzed 27 fossilised vertebrae uncovered in 2005 at a coal mine in Gujarat. Initially believed to belong to an ancient crocodile-like ...
It was only fitting that the world’s largest snake fossil discovered recently in India has been named Vasuki Indicus. The fossil, belonging to the extinct Madtsoiidae family, was estimated to be 11 ...