Meet the Tachymenoides harrisonfordi.

The actor serves as a vice chair withConservation International, for example.

The organization says it’s protected over 2.3 million square miles of the planet since being founded in 1987.

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The snake is apparently about 16 inches long, with yellowish-brown scales plus black spots.

Meanwhile, the serpent’s belly is mainly black.

For those unfamiliar, Jones reveals his distaste for snakes in Raiders of the Lost Ark.

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One of the most famous lines from the franchise is: “Snakes.

Why’d it have to be snakes?”

In fact, Ford has had an ant and spider named after him in the past.

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“I don’t understand.

I spend my free time cross-stitching.

I sing lullabies to my basil plants, so they won’t fear the night.

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In all seriousness, this discovery is humbling.

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