Desert Rosy Boa
Lichanura trivirgata gracia
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- L. t. gracia – Maricopa Co, AZ – photo by Will Wells
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- L. t. gracia – Yavapai Co, AZ – photo by Will Wells
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- L. t. gracia – Yavapai Co, AZ – photo by Will Wells
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- L. t. gracia – Yavapai Co, AZ – photo by Will Wells
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- L. t. gracia – Mohave Co, AZ – photo by Bill White
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- L. t. gracia – Mohave Co, AZ – photo by Jerry Hartley
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- L. t. gracia – Riverside Co, CA – photo by Jerry Hartley
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- L. t. gracia – San Bernardino Co, CA – photo by Jerry Hartley
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Lichanura t. gracia occurs in the Mojave Desert, Colorado Desert and Sonoran Desert regions of southern California, southern Nevada and southwestern Arizona.
LEGAL STATUS: Lichanura trivirgata is protected the state of Nevada.
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Lichanura trivirgata gracia (Klauber – 1931)
Genus: Lichanura, Greek – lichanos = fore-finger + oura = tail – poss. reference to the stubby tail resembling a finger
Species: trivirgata, Latin – tri = three + virgatus = striped
Subspecies: gracia, honors Grace Gould Klauber (wife of Laurence M. Klauber)
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jeager 1962