Indiana Jones had a well-known phobia of snakes but the actor who played him in five big-screen films is a bit more affable when it comes to reptiles.

On Tuesday, a team of four Peruvian and American researchers announced theyd discovered a new species of slender snake in Perus Andes Mountains. The yellow, brown and black snake was reportedly found sunbathing in a swamp and measured about 16 inches long.

One of the researchers, Edgar Lehr, told The Washington Post Thursday that he had yet to decide on a name for the new species upon its discovery in May of last year that is until he saw a trailer for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny , which hit theaters in June.

So Lehr and his teammates named the snake Tachymenoides harrisonfordi in honor of the films star, Harrison Ford .

Harrison Ford is, for me, the only name that would work, Lehr, a biology professor at Illinois Wesleyan University, said, noting that his experiences in Peru felt like being in an action movie.