Rosy boa

Rosy Boa
Rosy boa
Photo by Chuck Dresner
Geographical Range
Southwestern United States, northwestern Mexico
Habitat
Deserts, scrublands, rocky hillsides, agricultural areas
Scientific Name
Lichanura trivirgata
Conservation Status ...

Rosy Boa
Lichanura trivirgata (Boidae)
Distribution: Southwestern US to Baja California and Mexico ...

Rosy Boa (Charina trivirgata)
No photo of the Rosy Boa available.
The Rosy Boa is from the order Squamata. Species from this order are amphisbaenians, lizards or snakes.

Rosy Boa Stats
Scientific Name: Lichanura trivirgata
Family: Erycinidae
Adult Size: 24 to 32 inches
Range: Found from Southern California east to south-central Arizona and then into northwestern Mexico, including Baja California.

Rosy Boa
Charina (=Lichanura) trivigata spp.
Rosy boas are one of the smaller members of the boa family. Like many boas and pythons, they are nocturnal (sometimes crepuscular), thus moving around mostly at night or around dawn and dusk.

Coastal rosy boa, Lichanura trivirgata roseofusca
Length and defense: 3 feet; like the python, it also may also roll into a ball as a defense.
Habitat and range: Rocky brush and deserts of Southern and Baja California ...

Rosy Boa
(Lichanura trivirgata)
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The Rosy Boa is a stocky snake with smooth scales and a blunt tapered tail. The body is gray, cream, tan, yellowish or white with three dark stripes running along the back and sides.

Kingsnakes, Milksnakes, Gopher snakes, Lyre snakes, Coral snakes, Rattlesnakes and Rosy Boas are just a few of the snake varieties you might see. And in each desert there are beautiful species and subspecies -- quite different from the last! ...

The rubber boa is found in the North West United States ; the rosy boa, in the southwest .
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- When some boa species want to mate, several males coil around a female in a ball and wrestle with one another for up to two weeks before one wins-or the female makes a choice.
- The rosy boa Lichanura trivirgata and the rubber boa ...

Eastern pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis)
Turkey vulture (Cathartes aura)
Nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus)
Northern harrier (Circus cyaneus)
Rosy boa (Charina trivirgata)
American kestrel (Falco sparverius) ...

The rosy boa (Lichanura roseofusca) is found in chaparral in the SW United States and N Mexico; it grows about 3 ft (90 cm) long. It has large, dark brown spots on a lighter background.

See also: Snake, Boa, Lizard, Python, Reptile