Rubber Boa Snake

The 90 cm 35 inch rosy boa charina trivirgata ranging from southern california and arizona into mexico usually is brown or pink striped.

Rubber boa snake. The brown 45 cm 18 inch rubber boa charina bottae of western north america is the most northerly boa and is a burrower that looks and feels rubbery. As evidence of this relationship the rubber boa has tiny vestigial remnant limbs on either side of its vent. When nestling rodents are encountered they will eat the entire litter if possible deflecting any attacks from the mother mouse with their blunt tail. When frightened the snake coils into a ball with its head tucked underneath and tail sticking out.

A true boa constrictor the rubber boa belongs to a famous family of snakes. Many rubber boas have scars on their tails indicating how well the tactic has fooled hawks coyotes raccoons skunks and other predators. The rubber boa is a snake that actually looks like a long elongated rubber tube. One of the earliest of the boa species even older than the much larger boa constrictor this small reptile is found widely across north america.

Racers also have larger eyes than rubber boas and round pupils. The rubber boa snake could not have been given a more appropriate name as its loose and wrinkly skin does give the feeling that it is made of rubber. A rubber boa s bite is rare and harmless. Other articles where rubber boa is discussed.

This family includes among others reticulated pythons and anacondas. An adult rubber boa. 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. It may seem strange to find a boa a snake in the same family as the boa constrictor and anaconda in idaho s forests.

Rubber boas are slow small snakes that primarily prey on young nestling mammals voles shrews deer mice etc. Rubber boas are non venomous stout bodied species of snakes belonging to the boidae family found in the western united states and british columbia canada. 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. These tiny spurs are more obvious on males than females.

They can tolerate cold much better than most snakes. Adult wild rubber boas often have extensive scarring on their tails. The rubber boa is actua.