Meet Calmaria Incredibilis: The two-headed snake from China that fooled scientists for years until DNA proved it!

Snakes are interesting and scary creatures. While they have a revered image in various cultures across the world, and are regarded as deities in mythological texts, spotting one of these slitherers sends chills down a person’s spine.

One of these snake breeds discovered in China seems to have stepped out of a myth.

A ‘two-headed snake’!

While this type of slitherer has been a part of several legends, how much of it is actually true? Let’s dig in to find out.

Photos via study: An unexpected discovery of hidden diversity: a new species of the genus Calamaria H. Boie in F. Boie, 1827 (Squamata, Calamariidae) from Guangxi, China