Ancient snake wore green

illustration of ancient snake

Researchers suspect that a roughly 10-million-year-old snake once had a pattern of bright green and black pigments on its back, with yellow and pale brown coloration on its sides, fading into a creamy underbelly.  

Jim Robbins

An ancient snakeskin preserves signs of the bright green coloration of its wearer, researchers report online March 31 in Current Biology.