"Discovery of Gigantic Prehistoric Snake Fossil in Western India"

Fossil vertebrae of a massive snake, named Vasuki indicus, estimated to be up to 15 meters long, have been discovered in a mine in western India. The snake, resembling a large python and non-venomous, lived in a marshy swamp during a time of higher global temperatures. Belonging to the madtsoiidae snake family, which went extinct about 12,000 years ago, Vasuki's remains provide insight into the diversity of snakes during the late dinosaur age and early Cenozoic era.