Rosy boa

The rosy boa (Lichanura trivirgata) is a snake of the Boidae family. The rosy boa is native to southwest America, and Baja California and Sonora, Mexico. It is one of only two boas native to the territory claimed by the United States. The other is the rubber boa (Charina bottae).[1]

Rosy boa
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Conservation status
Scientific classification e
Unrecognized taxon (fix): Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Boidae
Genus: Charina
Species:
C. trivirgata
Binomial name
Charina trivirgata
(Cope, 1861)
Synonyms[2][3]
  • Lichanura trivirgata
    Cope, 1861
  • Lichanura roseofusca
    Cope, 1868
  • Lichanura myriolepis
    Cope, 1868
  • Charina trivirgata
    Kluge, 1993
  • Lichanura trivirgata
    Liner, 1994
  • Charina trivirgata
    McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré, 1999
  • Lichanura trivirgata
    Crother, 2000
  • Lichanura trivirgata
    Wallach et al., 2014

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Hammerson G.A; Frost D.R. & Gadsden H. (2007). "Lichanura trivirgata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 5 March 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. Stejneger L, Barbour T (1917). "Lichanura ". A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 73.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  3. "Lichanura trivirgata ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.