Animal Management students at Bishop Burton College have welcomed a new arrival - a Green Tree Python.
Currently 2ft long, the juvenile male python will eventually grow to around 5ft.
Characterised by its bright green skin, the College’s newest resident will join an already varied collection of exotic creatures, including a Royal Python and Boa Constrictor. Although slim, the greater part of this snake’s body mass is muscular, enabling it to stretch out unsupported and move from branch to branch amongst trees.
Clare Reed, Animal Management Curator and Unit Manager at Bishop Burton College, said “The Green Tree Python is another species for students to get experience with and is a first for the College as we’ve never had one before”.