Invasive snake is surviving in Britain by dwelling in attics and partitions

Britain has solely three native snakes however a fourth species, the 2-metre-long Aesculapian snake, is breeding within the wild in not less than two locations – by exploiting the heat of buildings and compost heaps.

Tom Main at Bournemouth College within the UK and his colleagues have been monitoring these newcomers to grasp how they’re surviving on this non-native habitat.

“Using buildings for shelter and vegetation piles for egg laying look like…