Southern rubber boa
Charina umbratica Klauber, 1943
Status not recordedsnakes
The southern rubber boa (Charina umbratica) 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
- 26.5 years
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- desert, shrublandsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 5 – 5.5src for Young per litter or clutch
- Reproduction
- Eggssrc for Reproduction
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
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 umbratica Klauber, 1943
Synonyms Charina bottae umbratica
Other names and names in other languages (7)
- Rubber BoaGerman
- Nordamerikanische Gummi BoaGerman
- Nordamerikanische Gummi-BoaGerman
- Boa enana de CaliforniaSpanish
- kaliforniai gumiboaHungarian
- ミナミラバーボアJapanese
- 南部橡皮蚺Chinese
Relatives of the southern rubber boa
Other species in the same genus Charina.
Southern rubber boa
Charina bottae
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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 umbratica) belongs to the family Boidae in the order Squamata.
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 - 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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