New Snake Species Named After Slash

For a guitarist with the status and career success of Slash, you might think he’s accomplished all his dreams, but a new one just came true. A newly discovered snake Lielaphis slashi, which will be commonly called Slash’s groundsnake, was named after the legendary Guns N’ Roses guitarist. Get Guns N' Roses Tickets Here “As a long time herpephile, I am extremely honored and humbled to have Lielaphis slashi from New Guinea named after me. It is really exciting, I never would have imagined this moment would arrive,” Slash said in a statement. Slash’s groundsnake was discovered, researched, and identified as a new species by biologists Tianqi Huang, Chris Austin, Justin Bernstein, Bulisa Iova, Jackson Roberts, Jeffrey Frederick, and Sara Ruane of the Field Museum. Ruane isn’t just a fan of reptiles. She’s also a Guns N’ Roses fan. “Guns N’ Roses has been one of my favorite bands since I was in first grade, and by fifth grade, I had already told my teacher that I wanted to be a herpetologist– a scientist who studies reptiles– when I grew up,” Ruane said in the statement. “So when I was twelve years old and got my copy of Reptiles Magazine in the mail and it had a picture of Slash holdin...