This beautiful looking snake is a juvenile male FIREFLY ROYAL PYTHON named Ray! 

Ray is different from my other royal pythons Rafiki and Aziza firstly in terms of his colouration, which is much more yellowish and bright overall as is always the case in the 'Firefly' colour morph, but secondly in that he was sadly born with a neurological condition.  Royal pythons are bred in huge numbers in the UK and come in an amazing and ever-growing variety of colour and pattern forms (or morphs), in some of which this particular neurological condition is not uncommon.

Basically the neurological condition makes Ray's head and neck 'wobble' as he is moving around, such that it sometimes looks as though he has little to no control over his movements which can be quite erratic.  In every other way he is entirely healthy in that he feeds without a problem, he sheds his skin perfectly and he is a very friendly, non-aggressive snake. 

The breeder who produced Ray didn't want him to be bred himself because whilst he is a lovely snake in every way there is a good chance that the condition could be passed to Ray's babies, which he understandably didn't think it would be ethical to allow to happen.  He therefore donated Ray to my Jungle Roadshow collection because he knew that I would have no interest in breeding Ray and also that he would be used in an educational way to show people that snakes with such disabilities deserve our respect and appreciation too!