[Veto!]

As soon as the word got out that the rare snake species were still alive and slithering in eastern Turkey, snake collectors rushed to scoop up as many of the already wiped-out species as they could.

I may be the most dedicated animal lover at FR, but this one has me open-mouthed and wondering. I even rather like and certainly admire snakes -- at a distance--but. Speechless. That's what I am.

[Flycatcher]

I may be the most dedicated animal lover at FR

Second most. Salamander third. :^)

But seriously, it's not often a new herp species is found or rediscovered. Looks to me, though, like it's just an isolated subspecies of the European adder.