Each baby snake weighs only 7 5 grams and is 7 to 11 inches long.
Rubber boa snakes in washington state.
Rubber boas are nonvenomous snakes native to north america.
Young are born from july through september and fend for themselves.
The first picture shows a northern rubber boa.
The only snakes i m used to seeing are garter snakes.
15 33 inches 38 84 cm weight.
Garter snakes rubber boas and western rattlesnakes bear live young from eggs retained in the body until hatching.
Botta an italian ship s surgeon explorer and naturalist.
No longer present in washington.
Bull snake great basin gopher snake pituophis catenifer deserticola.
I found a snake of some kind on the pacific crest trail in washington state.
All other washington snakes lay eggs in protected areas where the eggs receive enough external heat to hatch.
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.
1 23 2 47 oz 35 70 g color.
Dark brown to tan back.
Three additional snakes in washington state get less attention because they live away from population centers and are somewhat secretive in their nature.
Henri marie ducrotay de blainville described the rubber boa in 1835.
Garter snakes rubber boas and western rattlesnakes bear live young from eggs retained in the body until hatching.
Ventral side yellow olive green to orange.
The generic name charina is from the ancient greek graceful or delightful and the specific name bottae honors dr.
Gopher snake pacific gopher snake pituophis catenifer catenifer.
The family boidae consists of the nonvenomous snakes commonly called boas and consists of 43 species.
All other washington snakes lay eggs in protected areas where the eggs receive enough external heat to hatch.
They are one of the smaller boa species.
Racers are most often found in dry sunny areas with cover including open woodland open fields hedgerows thickets and wood edges.
Coastal rubber boa northern rubber boa two headed snake.
It s a pacific northwest specialty.
They tend to be habitat generalists so finding one under a rock or log in the forest or field is possible.
I m local to the area and have never seen a tan color snake.
Adults reach 180 centimetres 71 in.
Nonvenomous but can be aggressive.
Reproduction courtship and mating occurs shortly after snakes emerge from hibernation.
Female northern rubber boas give live birth to two to eight young in the late summer or fall.
Young are born pinkish but darken as they age.
Young northern rubber boas move out during spring after their first hibernation and reach maturity at around 2 to 3.
Northern rubber boas can also feed on lizard and snake eggs.
