New Georgia Aquarium exhibit features a snake

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Photos of a new Georgia Aquarium exhibit that features a snake and poisonous frogs.

The Georgia Aquarium's newest exhibit doesn't feature as much water as some of its more noted ones. The new emerald tree boa exhibit in the River Scout gallery opened on Friday.

How do you measure a snake? It took three veterinary services and conservation medicine employees to measure the snake, which is 5-feet 3-inches long.

A pair of blue poison dart frogs also inhabit the exhibit.

Chief veterinarian Tonya Clauss looks on as reptile expert Rico Walder checks the snake's mouth.

Biologist Katie Methvin introduces the boa into its new home.

Gregory D. Bossart, Chief Veterinary Officer, conducts an arrival exam. The boa is the aquarium's first snake.

An Amazon milk frog also calls the new exhibit, which also features lush rain forest greens and a waterfall.

Clauss holds a new emerald tree boa as she helps conduct an arrival exam.

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The Georgia Aquarium's newest exhibit doesn't feature as much water as some of its more noted ones. The new emerald tree boa exhibit in the River Scout gallery opened on Friday.

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