Northern Rubber Boa Idaho

Female northern rubber boas give live birth to two to eight young in the late summer or fall.

Northern rubber boa idaho. 1 23 2 47 oz 35 70 g color. Northern rubber boas can also feed on lizard and snake eggs. 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. According to idaho fish and game the northern rubber boa is the only boa in idaho that is where i found my information.

It may seem strange to find a boa a snake in the same family as the boa constrictor and anaconda in idaho s forests. The rubber boa has retained the club like tail of its erycine ancestors. Little seen because of their propensity to remain in burrows idaho s northern rubber boa charina bottae is a snake that fits in the same family as the larger and more commonly known constrictors. Thesis california state polytechnic university pomona.

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. The rubber boa is actua. Coastal rubber boa northern rubber boa two headed snake. Each baby snake weighs only 7 5 grams and is 7 to 11 inches long.

15 33 inches 38 84 cm weight. 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. Charina bottae rubber boa. Dark brown to tan back.

It may seem strange to find a boa a snake in the same family as the boa constrictor and anaconda in idaho s forests. Northern rubber boa rubber boa southern rubber boa bottanorthern rubber boa bottae umbratica. Rubber boas grow to about two feet in length. Morphometric and electrophoretic comparison between the pacific rubber boa charina bottae bottae and the southern rubber boa charina bottae umbratica.

Idaho s other rattlesnake species the prairie rattlesnake actually do not cause that much damage. Ventral side yellow olive green to orange. May 2 2020 at 8 26 pm.