Snake Like A Chameleon

A snake which changes its colour like a chameleon has been discovered in Indonesia.

When the half-metre long poisonous snake was picked up, it was a reddish-brown colour.

But shocked biologists found that after being placed in a bucket it turned white.

This was apparently to blend in with its new surroundings.

This behaviour is well known in the chameleon, a four-legged reptile, but not in snakes.

The scientists found two of these snakes in the Betung National Park on the island of Borneo.

They named their discovery the Kapuas Mud Snake after the river that runs through that part of Borneo.

Betung National Park is in the Indonesian part of the island, which is shared with Malaysia and Brunei.
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