New Amazon Tree Boa arrives at Dudley Zoo
A zoo is urging people to sss-stop by to meet its latest addition.
The new Amazon Tree boa arrived at Dudley Zoological Gardens this week.
The creature is now on display in the Reptile House with the zoo’s two other Amazon Tree boas. The male snake was transported from its previous home at Sparsholt College in Hampshire.
Senior keeper Sam Grove said: “He is settling in nicely and is getting to know his new surroundings. He’s been in the water, has been climbing all the vines and is already looking right at home.”
The Amazon Tree boa, sometimes called Garden Tree boa, is non-venomous but very aggressive. They have long, needle-like teeth that can inflict a painful bite.
The reptiles are around five to six and a half foot in length and can live up to 20 years.
