Each baby snake weighs only 7 5 grams and is 7 to 11 inches long.
Baby northern rubber boa.
They can tolerate cold much better than most snakes.
It s a pacific northwest specialty.
Ventral side yellow olive green to orange.
The rubber boa charina bottae fig.
It looks rubbery and has a short broad snout and a short blunt tail.
1 23 2 47 oz 35 70 g color.
Most rubber boas are glad to be picked up and handled.
I live in the san francisco eastern bay area.
Individuals of this species reach maturity in three to five years and may live over 20 years.
However our local species only measures 14 to 30 inches.
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.
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.
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.
The northern rubber boas range is not far from my home.
As the name suggests they have a dull color body that looks kind of rubbery.
5 is a member of the same family as the world s largest snakes including the boa constrictor python and anaconda.
Newborns are typically 19 to 23 cm 7 5 to 9 1 in long.
The skin of a well hydrated rubber boa simply looks so much better than one that is slightly dehydrated.
The problem is where am i allowed to search for and take them.
I have a current ca state sport fishing license that allows me to take possess up to two rubber boas.
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.
Young are born pinkish but darken as they age.
The rubber boa is nocturnal and due to this and its cryptic nature rarely seen.
The first picture shows a northern rubber boa.
Dark brown to tan back.
They tend to be habitat generalists so finding one under a rock or log in the forest or field is possible.
Look for it under logs and rocks during the day because they mostly hunt at.
Young northern rubber boas move out during spring after their first hibernation and reach maturity at around 2 to 3 years old.
I ve wanted one to keep ever since.
They are one of the smallest members of the boa family.
I beleive that most rubber boas in captivity are slightly dehydrated.
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.
They enjoy the warmth of your hands.
Coastal rubber boa northern rubber boa two headed snake.
Tiny baby rubber boa.
