A walker in Havering Country Park came across the carcass of a snake last Wednesday (July 9), which did not resemble any of the UK’s native species.
A photo shows the remains, with the dark and light green pattern on the skin clearly visible.
Havering Council’s parks teams confirmed that the carcass is believed to be the remains of a pet that has been “wrongly disposed of” in the park.
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The council added that the dead snake will be removed from the park, although did not confirm when this would happen.
A Havering Council spokesperson said: “The council’s parks team have confirmed that the snake carcass does not resemble any of the UK’s native snake species and believe it is possibly the remains of a pet that may have been wrongly disposed of in Havering Country Park.
“The snake carcass will be removed from the park by the parks team.”
