# Southern rubber boa (*Charina bottae*)

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Data as of: 2026-11-14

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.

## Quick facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Weight | 219 g |
| Length | up to 84 cm |
| Lifespan | 11.4 years |
| Diet | Carnivore |
| Longest recorded lifespan | 50 years |
| Main food | Not recorded |
| Habitat | forest |
| Young per litter or clutch | 3.9 – 5.5 |
| Age at maturity | 4 years |
| Litters or clutches a year | 0.415 |
| Reproduction | Live birth |
| Active | At night (nocturnal) |
| Conservation status | Not recorded |
| Countries on record | Not recorded |

## Recorded prey and predators

Recorded prey: Northern alligator lizard (*Elgaria coerulea*), Blue belly (*Sceloporus occidentalis*). Each pair is recorded by at least two datasets compiled by Global Biotic Interactions (https://www.globalbioticinteractions.org/, CC0 1.0).

## Classification

- kingdom: Animalia
- phylum: Chordata
- class: Reptilia
- order: Squamata
- family: Boidae
- genus: Charina
- species: *Charina bottae* (Blainville, 1835)

Synonyms: *Channa bottae utahensis*, *Charina bottae bottae*, *Charina bottae utahensis*, *Charina brachyops*, *Tortrix bottae*, *Wenona isabella*, *Wenona plumbea*

## Common questions

### 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

- [An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles](https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1), 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](https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/316691), 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](https://www.globalbioticinteractions.org/), 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](https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.24572683.v4), 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](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.76hdr7t3b), 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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