Rubber boas are thick bodied blunt tailed slow moving snakes found in moist areas in grassland chaparral woodland and forest.
Rubber boa snake california.
The rubber boa is a primitive snake compared to its much larger relatives native to latin america which include the boa constrictor emerald tree boa and green anaconda.
1 23 2 47 oz 35 70 g color.
These tiny spurs are more obvious on males than females.
The california departent of fish and wildlife described the range of the southern rubber boa charina umbratica in a 2004 document which has now been removed.
2 3 in 2001 a paper 9 was published in which it was proposed that the southern rubber boa is a separate species.
I caught a rubber boa one summer while on a week long boy scout camping trip to camp diamond o in the california sierra foothills.
Ventral side yellow olive green to orange.
Active on the surface mostly at night often at low temperatures for snakes.
As evidence of this relationship the rubber boa has tiny vestigial remnant limbs on either side of its vent.
This family includes among others reticulated pythons and anacondas.
The rubber boa charina bottae is a non venomous mild mannered snake only found in british columbia and the us north west the name charina is derived from greek meaning graceful.
Coastal rubber boa northern rubber boa two headed snake.
Rubber boas do not have venom that is dangerous to most humans.
The rubber boa has retained the club like tail of its erycine ancestors.
I later discovered that the scout i shared a tent with took it home.
The southern rubber boa is found only in a few disjunct areas of california.
The southern rubber boa subspecies is currently listed as threatened by the ca df g and therefore protected by california law although evidence exists that they are abundant and range further than currently published.
A true boa constrictor the rubber boa belongs to a famous family of snakes.
Young are born pinkish but darken as they age.
15 33 inches 38 84 cm weight.
Popular pets these live bearing snakes come in a variety of natural colors and variations as well as a number of morphs and cultivars.
The southern rubber boa is known from several localities in the san bernardino mountains in san bernardino county near idyllwild in riverside county and on mount pinos in kern county.
It had to be released before i returned home.
The rosy boa charina trivirgata or lichanura trivirgata is a species of snake in the family boidae the rosy boa is native to the american southwest and baja california and sonora in mexico the rosy boa is one of only two species in the boa family native to the united states the other being the rubber boa charina bottae.
