Rubber boa

Coastal rubber boa

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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Boidae
Genus: Charina
Species:
C. bottae
Binomial name
Charina bottae
(Blainville, 1835)
Synonyms[3][4]
  • Tortrix bottae
    Blainville, 1835
  • Charina bottae
    — Gray, 1849
  • Wenona plumbea
    Baird & Girard, 1852
  • Wenona isabella
    Baird & Girard, 1852
  • Pseudoeryx bottae
    — Jan, 1862
  • Charina plumbea
    — Cope, 1883
  • Charina bottæ
    — Boulenger, 1893

The rubber boa (Charina bottae) is a species of snake in the family Boidae and is native to western North America. It is sometimes known as the coastal rubber boa or the northern rubber boa and is not to be confused with the southern rubber boa (Charina umbratica).

  1. ^ Hammerson, G.A. (2019). "Charina bottae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T91863316A18978274. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T91863316A18978274.en. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  2. ^ NatureServe (5 May 2023). "Charina bottae". NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Charina bottae ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  4. ^ Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families ... Boidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Charina bottæ, pp. 130-131).