Desert rosy boa

Desert rosy boa
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Boidae
Genus: Lichanura
Species:
L. trivirgata
Binomial name
Lichanura trivirgata
Cope, 1861
The hashed area is disputed; it may have Lichanura orcutti.
Synonyms
  • Lichanura trivirgata
    Cope, 1861
  • Lichanura roseofusca
    Cope, 1868
  • Lichanura myriolepis
    Cope, 1868
  • Charina trivirgata
    — Kluge, 1993
  • Lichanura trivirgata
    — Liner, 1994
  • Charina trivirgata
    — McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré, 1999
  • Lichanura trivirgata
    — Crother, 2000
  • Lichanura trivirgata
    — Wallach et al., 2014

The desert rosy boa (Lichanura trivirgata) is a species of snake in the family Boidae. The desert rosy boa is native to the American Southwest and Baja California and Sonora in Mexico. The desert rosy boa is one of four species in the boa family native to the continental United States, the other three being the coastal rosy boa (Lichanura orcutti) and the two species of rubber boas (Charina).

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