Baby Northern Rubber Boa

The skin of a well hydrated rubber boa simply looks so much better than one that is slightly dehydrated.

Baby northern rubber boa.

The northern rubber boas range is not far from my home. I have a current ca state sport fishing license that allows me to take possess up to two rubber boas. Charina bottae pdf version of this page rarely does a name suit so well. Most rubber boas are glad to be picked up and handled.

I ve wanted one to keep ever since. Young northern rubber boas move out during spring after their first hibernation and reach maturity at around 2 to 3 years old. However our local species only measures 14 to 30 inches. They are one of the smallest members of the boa family.

It is olive green reddish brown or tan to chocolate brown. The first picture shows a northern rubber boa. The common name is derived from their skin which is often loose and wrinkled and consists of small scales that are smooth and shiny these characteristics give the snakes a. 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.

Female northern rubber boas give live birth to two to eight young in the late summer or fall. Look for it under logs and rocks during the day because they mostly hunt at. They enjoy the warmth of your hands. Dark brown to tan back.

It s a pacific northwest specialty. 1 23 2 47 oz 35 70 g color. Young are born pinkish but darken as they age. 15 33 inches 38 84 cm weight.

I live in the san francisco eastern bay area. It looks rubbery and has a short broad snout and a short blunt tail. Ventral side yellow olive green to orange. They tend to be habitat generalists so finding one under a rock or log in the forest or field is possible.

Coastal rubber boa northern rubber boa two headed snake. Northern rubber boas breed after emerging from hibernation in march and april and females give birth to between two and eight young in late summer. As the name suggests they have a dull color body that looks kind of rubbery. The problem is where am i allowed to search for and take them.

Rubber boas are one of the smaller boa species adults can be anywhere from 38 to 84 cm 1 25 to 2 76 ft long. Individuals of this species reach maturity in three to five years and may live over 20 years. I beleive that most rubber boas in captivity are slightly dehydrated. Each baby snake weighs only 7 5 grams and is 7 to 11 inches long.

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 is nocturnal and due to this and its cryptic nature rarely seen. The rubber boa charina bottae fig. Tiny baby rubber boa.