Desert Rosy Boa (Lichanura trivirgata gracia)

Created: April 2nd, 2015 - 01:07 AM
Last Modified: June 25th, 2015 - 03:27 AM Entered by: Jeff Teel
Record 219878

Country: United States		State: Arizona	County: Yuma County	Time: 2015-03-16 22:39:00
Qty: 1	Age: Sub-Adult	Sex: Female	Method: Visual encounter	Habitat: Rocky lower Sonoran Desert Mtn. Range
Body Temperature: -----		Air Temperature: -----	Ground Temperature: -----	Humidity: -----
Sky Conditions: Clear		Moon Phase: -----	Elevation: 496.00ft	Barometric Pressure: -----

Notes

This is the lowest elevation I've found a boa so far-(for Desert boas in Ca. or Az. as I've seen them lower in Baja). Photos as found. watched this snake for close to 30 minutes, it barely moved an inch, as if it was sitting in an ambush position. A young 17-18" snake, between juvie-sub adult size. Even with it's young size, it had a little stub tail already.

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Comments

Posted by Jeff Teel on Apr 02, 2015 at 10:47 PM

Thanks, Lawrence. I was excited. I first looked in this range in 2013-(at that time, boas were not known from here and some friends found them later in 2013. I only tried 3 nights in 2014 but no boas. It is a very neat range especially the geology in it. Also of note, the very next night-(3-17-15) my friend found a Blind Snake, a huge one at that, 18-20". He didn't have a camera on him and put it in his back pack for me to photo when we met back up, but being a natural born burrower it moved the zipper up and fell out. I'm sure this was the first blind snake in this range.

Posted by Lawrence Erickson on Apr 02, 2015 at 09:38 PM

Awesome record. On all accounts.

Posted by Brian Hinds-AKA Fundad on Apr 02, 2015 at 07:23 AM

Wow, Amazing Boa.. Congrats Jeff..