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Coastal Rosy Boa
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Coastal Rosy Boa Description |
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The Coastal
Rosy Boa is native to Mexico and California. They are
attractive, non-aggressive animals. They are noctunal,
which means they are active at night, and often seen
in the evening or early morning on the roads. They kill
their prey by constiction, meaning they wrap their body
around the prey until it suffocates. Then they swallow
the prey head first. When treatened, they usually roll
themselves into a ball with their head at the center.
They may also exude a foul smelling musk. The Coastal
Rosy Boa is a moderately sized animal. They have moderately
heavy and have flat, glossy scales. Their heads are
characterized by the enlarged chin shield and lack of
scales on the top of their heads that, on most snakes,
resemble plates. They have small eyes with verical,
oval pupils. It is illegal to collect these animals
in the wild because they are listed as threatedned on
the CITES II. Once they were quite common, but due to
the destruction of their habitat, they are becoming
quite rare. |
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