Eye on the tiger-striped snakes

Lee Grismer / WWF Greater Mekong

The researcher who discovered this tiger-striped pitviper (Cryptelytrops honsonensis) must have missed its piercing orange eye, because his son was the one who pointed out the snake on a rock next to his father’s hand. Turns out he was too busy discovering a new species of gecko at the same time, all while on the itty-bitty Vietnamese island of Hon Son.

Two discoveries for the price of one? We should take these guys to Vegas!