Rubber Boa Montana

Jeff the nature guy and special guest sam the nature dude talk about the rubber boa snake.

Rubber boa montana.

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. They are visual hunters and are active during daylight hours. The rubber boa snake could not have been given a more appropriate name as its loose and wrinkly skin does give the feeling that it is made of rubber. Montana s rubber boa is the northernmost relative of the giant boa constrictor and anaconda of south america.

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. The rubber boa is a snake that actually looks like a long elongated rubber tube. They are fairly small snakes growing between one and two feet in lengths. Northern rubber boa boas have a brown dark brown or olive coloration.

Amphibian and reptile survey on selected montana bureau of reclamation impoundments. The northern rubber boa charina bottae range is limited to the western one third of montana. The rubber boa has retained the club like tail of its erycine ancestors. Range of the north american racer.

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. The rubber boa charina bottae is a snake in the genus charina of the family boidae. The rubber boa belongs to the boa family of snakes which also includes the anaconda and reticulated pythons. In montana this boa is found in western and.

Boidae consists of the non venomous snakes commonly called boas and has 43 species. Meet the rubber boa. A new record for the rubber snake charina bottae. Montana department of fish wildlife and parks nongame program.

Like those snakes it kills prey by squeezing it to death with its muscular body and swallows the meal whole. The rubber boa s common name comes from its rubbery appearance the result of small smooth scales and somewhat loose skin. Found throughout montana at elevations below 6 600 feet fig. Yellowstone nature notes 8 9.

They prefer areas with grasslands and sagebrush where insects and rodents are abundant.