Indiana Jones might be afraid of snakes, but that’s not stopping scientists from naming a new species of the reptile after the actor behind the whip and fedora. The Tachymenoides harrisonfordi–also referred to as Harrison Ford’s slender snake–has recently been discovered in a remote region of Peru.
According to The Hollywood Reporter (and via Salamandra), scientists honored Ford not only because of his role as Indiana Jones, but also because of his conservation history. The actor serves as a vice chair with Conservation International, for example. The organization says it’s protected over 2.3 million square miles of the planet since being founded in 1987.