Alfie's New Baby

Here is a new addition, a small male Fiji Boa passed along from one 9 year old keeper to Alfie, our friend's son, who is just entering the wonderful world of snake keeping.

He has unusually dark back markings and a really unique striped belly that I haven't seen before on any of the Fiji snakes. He's from a different Fijian island than our other snakes, so maybe this is the start of species diversification.

He's also got some damage to his mouth: he's had this for more than 2 years and it doesn't seem to change or bother him, but it does give him a rather rakish expression.