Northern Rubber Boa Range

It is mobile at night at low body temperatures but requires high temperatures for digestion and successful gestation suggesting complex physiological adaptations to temperature.

Northern rubber boa range.

Long term trend in population range area occupied or number or condition of occurrences unknown. It seems most likely they would be c. The northern rubber boa is nocturnal rare and seldom seen. Score u unknown.

Northern rubber boas feed on a variety of small prey including rodents birds lizards and the eggs of lizard and snakes. 1 23 2 47 oz 35 70 g color. Charina bottae pdf version of this page rarely does a name suit so well. Please do not stress the snake by picking it up.

Most sightings occur around the hot springs area. Distribution edit rubber boas are the most northerly of boa species. Some northern rubber boas have even been recorded with body temperatures less than 44 f. It prefers loose soil that it can burrow into.

To the south the snake ranges across the northwestern u s as far south as northern california. Main threat is over collection for the pet trade although it is currently illegal to sell wild caught northern rubber boas in the united states. Ventral side yellow olive green to orange. Rubber boas were found in 2006 and 2010 at montana de oro on the coast of san luis obispo county with photo confirmation in 2010.

Rubber boas appear quite different visually than any other species that share the same range except maybe for the southern rubber boa and thus are usually easy to identify. Comment 192 908 square kilometers from natural heritage program range maps. The northern rubber boa is cold tolerant. Young are born pinkish but darken as they age.

The northern rubber boa is found in a variety of habitats including woodlands montane forests and grasslands. 15 33 inches 38 84 cm weight. Northern rubber boas are common species with seemingly healthy populations throughout their wide range. Umbratica occurs in the northern part of the south coast range which should include montana de oro but until someone gets a permit to take a dna sample from one of these.

Bottae but stebbins mcginnis 2012 state that c. Dark brown to tan back. Coastal rubber boa northern rubber boa two headed snake. Between 35 and 80 cm long and fairly thick bodied the rubber boa resembles a rubbery tube with a slight taper at each end similar in shape to what you d roll out of a ball of clay.

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