On 01.06.2025, officers at CSMIA seized 3 Spider-Tailed Horned Vipers & 5 Asian Leaf Turtles (CITES Appendix-II), along with 44 Indonesian Pit Vipers, concealed in checked-in baggage.

Passenger from Bangkok found carrying Indonesian pit vipers, spider-tailed horned vipers and Asian leaf turtles in luggage . Shweta Sharma. Monday 02 June 2025 11:37 BST. Comments.

Noble and Schmidt1 have shown that the facial pit of the pit vipers (Crotalinæ) is a sensory organ enabling the snakes to detect warm-blooded animals in absolute darkness. Their work indicates ...

Blue pit vipers are some of the rarest of their species, according to the outlet. This isn’t the first – or last – walk on the wild side for customs officers in India. 4.

A passenger smuggling dozens of venomous vipers in checked-in baggage was stopped after flying into Mumbai, India, from Thailand, Indian customs officials said.

Authorities have seized spider-tailed horned vipers, Asian leaf turtles and Indonesian pit vipers from the passenger Authorities in India have arrested a man for trying to smuggle dozens of rare ...

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