Racers are most often found in dry sunny areas with cover including open woodland open fields hedgerows thickets and wood edges.
Rubber boa snakes in washington state.
The generic name charina is from the ancient greek graceful or delightful and the specific name bottae honors dr.
The western yellow bellied racer coluber constrictor mormon is a subspecies that can be found in eastern washington as well as california nevada western colorado oregon and southern british columbia.
Northern rubber boas can also feed on lizard and snake eggs.
15 33 inches 38 84 cm weight.
Botta an italian ship s surgeon explorer and naturalist.
Henri marie ducrotay de blainville described the rubber boa in 1835.
All other washington snakes lay eggs in protected areas where the eggs receive enough external heat to hatch.
Adults reach 180 centimetres 71 in.
I m local to the area and have never seen a tan color snake.
The common name is derived from their skin which is often loose and wrinkled and consists of small scales that are smooth and shiny.
All other washington snakes lay eggs in protected areas where the eggs receive enough external heat to hatch.
Female northern rubber boas give live birth to two to eight young in the late summer or fall.
Three additional snakes in washington state get less attention because they live away from population centers and are somewhat secretive in their nature.
Reproduction courtship and mating occurs shortly after snakes emerge from hibernation.
It s a pacific northwest specialty.
Bull snake great basin gopher snake pituophis catenifer deserticola.
The first picture shows a northern rubber boa.
These characteristics give the snakes a rubber like look and texture.
I found a snake of some kind on the pacific crest trail in washington state.
They are one of the smaller boa species.
Young northern rubber boas move out during spring after their first hibernation and reach maturity at around 2 to 3.
They tend to be habitat generalists so finding one under a rock or log in the forest or field is possible.
The only snakes i m used to seeing are garter snakes.
Garter snakes rubber boas and western rattlesnakes bear live young from eggs retained in the body until hatching.
Gopher snake pacific gopher snake pituophis catenifer catenifer.
Coastal rubber boa northern rubber boa two headed snake.
Ventral side yellow olive green to orange.
Young are born from july through september and fend for themselves.
Nonvenomous but can be aggressive.
Each baby snake weighs only 7 5 grams and is 7 to 11 inches long.
Rubber boas are nonvenomous snakes native to north america.
No longer present in washington.
Garter snakes rubber boas and western rattlesnakes bear live young from eggs retained in the body until hatching.
Dark brown to tan back.
The family boidae consists of the nonvenomous snakes commonly called boas and consists of 43 species.
