Baby Northern Rubber Boa

The problem is where am i allowed to search for and take them.

Baby northern rubber boa.

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. 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. I ve wanted one to keep ever since. They enjoy the warmth of your hands.

The first picture shows a northern rubber boa. 15 33 inches 38 84 cm weight. I beleive that most rubber boas in captivity are slightly dehydrated. The rubber boa is nocturnal and due to this and its cryptic nature rarely seen.

5 is a member of the same family as the world s largest snakes including the boa constrictor python and anaconda. The rubber boa charina bottae fig. Female northern rubber boas give live birth to two to eight young in the late summer or fall. I live in the san francisco eastern bay area.

Most rubber boas are glad to be picked up and handled. I have a current ca state sport fishing license that allows me to take possess up to two rubber boas. Dark brown to tan back. Tiny baby rubber boa.

Look for it under logs and rocks during the day because they mostly hunt at. Each baby snake weighs only 7 5 grams and is 7 to 11 inches long. It is olive green reddish brown or tan to chocolate brown. 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.

It looks rubbery and has a short broad snout and a short blunt tail. They tend to be habitat generalists so finding one under a rock or log in the forest or field is possible. They are one of the smallest members of the boa family. Ventral side yellow olive green to orange.

Coastal rubber boa northern rubber boa two headed snake. Newborns are typically 19 to 23 cm 7 5 to 9 1 in long. Individuals of this species reach maturity in three to five years and may live over 20 years. It s a pacific northwest specialty.

Charina bottae pdf version of this page rarely does a name suit so well. As the name suggests they have a dull color body that looks kind of rubbery. However our local species only measures 14 to 30 inches. Young are born pinkish but darken as they age.

The skin of a well hydrated rubber boa simply looks so much better than one that is slightly dehydrated. They can tolerate cold much better than most snakes. The northern rubber boas range is not far from my home. 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.