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Odisha Has A New Scorpion. It Shines Blue.
The Take
Researchers found a small black scorpion with a blue shine in Similipal's forests, about a kilometre above sea level. It measures 44 to 53 millimetres and borrows the reserve's name: Liocheles similipalensis. ANI and ThePrint carried the finding this week. It is Odisha's first Liocheles record. The scorpion was always there. The paperwork just arrived.
The Wire
Researchers from the Similipal Tiger Project and Maharashtra's Thackeray Wildlife Foundation discovered Liocheles similipalensis, a 44-53 mm black scorpion with a blue sheen, in Odisha's Similipal National Park at about 1,000 metres, ANI and ThePrint report. The News Mill notes it is the first Liocheles species recorded in Odisha, found in rocky moist deciduous forest.
The receipts
Source: ANI News