Snake(s) Alive!
p. 75 · Read in the full issue
What Will It Be Next ?
If the people at Nanumea, the northernmost atoll in the Ellice Islands, keep on finding strange reptiles on their shores, they will have herpetologists from all over the world descending on them to make an investigation.
Some time back, a strange lizard nine inches long, with a hard, scaly body and long claws, was found in a hole in a log that drifted up on the island (PIM, Feb., p. 69).
Now it has been reported that a live snake was found on the ocean side of Nanumea on January 23 by a man called Taulau. The snake was 2\ feet long, black on the back and khaki on the under side. Its tail was mottled with red and white.
The snake was killed by the finder and some friends.
Nanumea is about 800 miles from Samoa and Fiji, and about 600 miles from the nearest islands in the Solomons.