"Discovery of Gigantic Fossil Snake in India Rewrites Prehistoric Records"

A team of researchers in India has identified a newly described fossil snake, Vasuki indicus, which may have been the largest snake to have ever lived, measuring about 50 feet long. The snake lived in India around 47 million years ago and belonged to the extinct family of madtsoiid snakes. The researchers believe that the snake's large size may have been influenced by factors such as a favorable environment with ample food resources and warmer climatic conditions. If the estimates are correct, Vasuki may have been longer than Titanoboa, a gigantic boa that lived in South America about 60 million years ago.