Rubber Boa Montana

The rubber boa s common name comes from its rubbery appearance the result of small smooth scales and somewhat loose skin.

Rubber boa montana.

They prefer areas with grasslands and sagebrush where insects and rodents are abundant. Range of the north american racer. Yellowstone nature notes 8 9. The rubber boa is a snake that actually looks like a long elongated rubber tube.

A new record for the rubber snake charina bottae. Montana s rubber boa is the northernmost relative of the giant boa constrictor and anaconda of south america. They are visual hunters and are active during daylight hours. Boidae consists of the non venomous snakes commonly called boas and has 43 species.

The rubber boa charina bottae is a snake in the genus charina of the family boidae. The southern rubber boa is found only in a few disjunct areas of california. One of the earliest of the boa species even older than the much larger boa constrictor this small reptile is found widely across north america. Jeff the nature guy and special guest sam the nature dude talk about the rubber boa snake.

Amphibian and reptile survey on selected montana bureau of reclamation impoundments. Found throughout montana at elevations below 6 600 feet fig. 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. The northern rubber boa charina bottae range is limited to the western one third of montana.

They are fairly small snakes growing between one and two feet in lengths. The reason it appears rubbery is because of its loose skin with hundreds of tiny smooth scales that gives the reptile a smooth glossy appearance. Northern rubber boa boas have a brown dark brown or olive coloration. The rubber boa belongs to the boa family of snakes which also includes the anaconda and reticulated pythons.

Like those snakes it kills prey by squeezing it to death with its muscular body and swallows the meal whole. The genus charina consists of four species three of which are found in north america and one species found in africa. In montana this boa is found in western and. Meet the rubber boa.

The rubber boa has retained the club like tail of its erycine ancestors.