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Lichanura orcutti, also known as the rosy boa, the coastal rosy boa, or the northern three-lined boa, is a species of snake in the family Boidae.This species is found North of the US–Mexico border within San Diego County in California and along the coastal Peninsular Ranges, northward into the Mojave Desert and eastward in the Sonoran Desert of California and Arizona.
The desert rosy boa (Lichanura trivirgata) is a species of snake in the family Boidae. The desert rosy boa is native to the American Southwest and Baja California and Sonora in Mexico . The desert rosy boa is one of four species in the boa family native to the continental United States , the other three being the coastal rosy boa ( Lichanura ...
Lichanura, the rosy boas, are a genus of snakes in the family Boidae. [1] [2] They are distributed across the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. [3]
Geographic range [3] Charina: Gray, 1849 2 0 rubber boas North America from western Canada south through the western United States into northwestern Mexico Eryx T: Daudin, 1803 13 2 Old World sand boas Southeastern Europe, North Africa, the Middle East and Southwest Asia Lichanura: Cope, 1861 2 3 rosy boas
On the southern flank of the range lies the Chuckwalla Bench bajada region, an Area of Critical Environmental Concern, as it is frequented by the threatened desert tortoise. Also common in the area are the rosy boa, kangaroo rat, and the large lizard, after which the mountains are named - the chuckwalla. Other wildlife includes bighorn sheep ...
This is a list of all extant genera, species and subspecies of the snakes of the subfamily Erycinae, otherwise referred to as erycines or Old World sand boas. It follows the taxonomy currently provided by ITIS , [ 1 ] which is based on the continuing work of Roy McDiarmid.
The Boidae, commonly known as boas or boids, [3] are a family of nonvenomous snakes primarily found in the Americas, as well as Africa, Europe, Asia, and some Pacific islands. Boas include some of the world's largest snakes, with the green anaconda of South America being the heaviest and second-longest snake known; in general, adults are medium ...
Boa is a genus of boas found in Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America. Five extant species, and one extinct, are currently recognized. [1] Etymology