Southern rubber boa
Charina bottae (Blainville, 1835)
Status not recordedsnakes
The southern rubber boa (Charina bottae) is a species in the family Boidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 219 g and live up to 11.4 years.
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Quick facts about the southern rubber boa
- Weight
- 219 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- up to 84 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- 11.4 yearssrc for Lifespan
- Diet
- Carnivoresrc for Diet
- Longest recorded lifespan
- 50 years
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 3.9 – 5.5src for Young per litter or clutch
- Age at maturity
- 4 yearssrc for Age at maturity
- Litters or clutches a year
- 0.415src for Litters or clutches a year
- Reproduction
- Live birthsrc for Reproduction
- Active
- At night (nocturnal)src for Active
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Which animals does the southern rubber boa eat?
Species recorded in published studies and collections.
Recorded prey of the southern rubber boa
2 on record
- Northern alligator lizard Elgaria coerulea2 sources
- Blue belly Sceloporus occidentalis2 sources
Each pair is recorded by at least two independent datasets. A record shows the animal was seen or found to have eaten the other, including scavenged carcasses and young animals; it does not say how often. Compiled by Global Biotic Interactions (CC0 1.0).
References for these records
- Gape size and evolution of diet in snakes: feeding ecology of erycine boas. 1999. Journal of Zoology 248: 49-58
- https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/129833444
- https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/176344531
Where does the southern rubber boa live?
Not recorded
Is the southern rubber boa endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the southern rubber boa classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyBoidae
- genusCharina
- SpeciesCharina bottae (Blainville, 1835)
Synonyms Channa bottae utahensis, Charina bottae bottae, Charina bottae utahensis, Charina brachyops, Tortrix bottae, Wenona isabella, Wenona plumbea
Other names and names in other languages (15)
- hroznýšek červenýCzech
- Nordlig GummiboaDanish
- GummiboaGerman
- Nordamerikanische Gummi BoaGerman
- Rubber BoaGerman
- Boa enanaSpanish
- boa caoutchoucFrench
- gumiboaHungarian
- Boa caucciùItalian
- Boa di gommaItalian
- ラバーボアJapanese
- charyna gumowaPolish
- Резиновая змеяRussian
- Northern Rubber Boaroot
- 橡皮蚺Chinese
Relatives of the southern rubber boa
Other species in the same genus Charina.
Southern rubber boa
Charina umbratica
CompareSouthern rubber boa vs Southern rubber boaSouthern rubber boa vs Charina prebottae
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the southern rubber boa?
An adult southern rubber boa weighs 219 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
How long does the southern rubber boa live?
The southern rubber boa has a recorded lifespan of 11.4 years.
What kind of animal is the southern rubber boa?
The southern rubber boa (Charina bottae) belongs to the family Boidae in the order Squamata.
Which animals does the southern rubber boa eat?
Animals recorded as prey of the southern rubber boa include northern alligator lizard and blue belly. The records are compiled by Global Biotic Interactions from published studies; each pair is reported by at least two datasets.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI): interpreted data products · CC0 1.0 · 0.11
Poelen, J.H., Simons, J.D. & Mungall, C.J. (2014) Global Biotic Interactions: an open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics 24: 148–159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2014.08.005. Data: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22691479, with each record's original reference. - ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles · CC BY 4.0 · v1-2
Oskyrko, O., Mi, C., Meiri, S. et al. (2024) ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles. Scientific Data 11: 243. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03079-5. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.24572683.v4 - SquamBase 1.0 - a dataset of squamate species traits · CC0 1.0 · 1.0-dryad-v5
Meiri, S. (2024) SquamBase - a database of squamate (Reptilia: Squamata) traits. Global Ecology and Biogeography 33(4): e13812. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13812. Data: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.76hdr7t3b
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