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Illinois Wesleyan University: Lehr Names New Snake Species for Harrison Ford
August 16, 2023
BLOOMINGTON, Illinois, Aug. 16 (TNSres) -- Illinois Wesleyan University issued the following news release:

Harrison Ford's iconic character Indiana Jones may have a fear of snakes, but a newly discovered species of snake has been dedicated to the actor by an Illinois Wesleyan University biologist.

Robert Harrington Professor of Biology Edgar Lehr and a team of Peruvian biologists including Juan C. Cusi, Maura Fernandez and Ricardo Vera discovered the new snake spec . . .

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