Overview
- The Assam State Zoo team identified the albino Fowlea piscator through detailed checks of coloration and scalation.
- Authorities found a juvenile male measuring 290 mm near the Guwahati zoo on June 1, 2024.
- Researchers observed the snake briefly for study and released it into a protected forest habitat within three days.
- The record is published in the open-access journal Reptiles & Amphibians with authors from the zoo and Guwahati-based Help Earth.
- Albinism in wild snakes is extremely rare due to absence of melanin, and officials say the finding strengthens Assam’s conservation research profile.