Northern Rubber Boa Idaho

May 2 2020 at 8 26 pm.

Northern rubber boa idaho.

Data and apps idaho fish and wildlife information system bringing information to bear on the management and conservation of fish wildlife and plants in idaho. Morphometric and electrophoretic comparison between the pacific rubber boa charina bottae bottae and the southern rubber boa charina bottae umbratica. Northern rubber boas can also feed on lizard and snake eggs. 15 33 inches 38 84 cm weight.

Female northern rubber boas give live birth to two to eight young in the late summer or fall. It may seem strange to find a boa a snake in the same family as the boa constrictor and anaconda in idaho s forests. Each baby snake weighs only 7 5 grams and is 7 to 11 inches long. Ventral side yellow olive green to orange.

The rubber boa has retained the club like tail of its erycine ancestors. Coastal rubber boa northern rubber boa two headed snake. The rubber boa is actua. Northern rubber boa rubber boa southern rubber boa bottanorthern rubber boa bottae umbratica.

The conservancy s north idaho land steward justin petty was recently lucky enough to find this creature a rubber boa while hiking in the selkirk mountains near boundary creek wildlife management area. Thesis california state polytechnic university pomona. The southern rubber boa is found only in a few disjunct areas of california. According to idaho fish and game the northern rubber boa is the only boa in idaho that is where i found my information.

Idaho s other rattlesnake species the prairie rattlesnake actually do not cause that much damage. It may seem strange to find a boa a snake in the same family as the boa constrictor and anaconda in idaho s forests. Charina bottae rubber boa. If you have seen a rosy boa in idaho you could report a sighting to idaho fish and game.

Rubber boas grow to about two feet in length. Dark brown to tan back. Young are born pinkish but darken as they age.