Another Species Discovered

It seems more than a little ironic -- the environment is under heavier pressures than ever before, and yet new species continue to be discovered. Take the case of the world's largest cobra, Ashe's spitting cobra (Naja ashei), whose existence as a separate species was recently announced. Previously, the species had been considered a variant of the black-necked cobra, but blood and tissue analysis have determined it to be an entirely new species. One has to wonder what other species are out there waiting to be properly identified.