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Bogertophis rosaliae (Baja California Rat Snake)

Synonyms: Coluber rosaliae; Elaphe rosaliae

Wikipedia Abstract

The Baja California rat snake (Bogertophis rosaliae) is a nonvenomous colubrid snake native to Baja California, Mexico; California; and some islands in the Sea of Cortés.
View Wikipedia Record: Bogertophis rosaliae

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  1.984 lbs (900 g)
Female Maturity [1]  1 year 7 months
Male Maturity [1]  1 year 6 months
Gestation [1]  70 days
Litter Size [1]  11
Litters / Year [1]  1
Maximum Longevity [1]  32 years
Snout to Vent Length [1]  3.706 feet (113 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Sierra de la Laguna dry forests Mexico Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Parque Nacional de Sierra San Pedro Martir National Park II 180607 Baja California, Mexico  

Range Map

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0