Rosy Boa

• Scientific Name: Charina Trivirgata
• Common Name: Rosy Boa
• Description: Heavy-bodied; head only a little wider than neck. Scales smooth and shiny. Eyes small, pupils vertical. No chin shields or large head plates, except on snout. Most common dorsal pattern is 3 longitudinal dark stripes a middorsal, and 1 on each side, separated by pale interspaces. Depending on locality, color of stripes varies from nearly black, through brown, orange, rust, to reddish. Interspaces vary from steel blue, shades of gray, tan, yellowish, cream, to nearly white. Interspaces may be variously intruded with darker stripe color. Dorsal strpes may have even or irregular edges. Chiefly nocturnal. A good climber.
• References: Excerpts from A FIELD GUIDE TO WESTERN REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS, 3/e by Robert C. Stebbins. Copyright (c) 2003 by Robert C. Stebbins. Reproduced by permission of Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
• Diet: small mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and birds
• Size: 17" to 44"