Coastal Rosy Boa
Lichanura trivirgata roseofusca
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- L. t. roseofusca – Los Angeles Co, CA – photo by Jerry Hartley
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- L. t. roseofusca – Orange Co, CA – photo by Jerry Hartley
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- L. t. roseofusca – Riverside Co, CA – photo by Jerry Hartley
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- L. t. roseofusca – San Diego Co, CA – photo by Will Wells
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- L. t. roseofusca – Riverside Co, CA – photo by Kent VanSooy
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- L. t. roseofusca – San Diego Co, CA – photo by Kent VanSooy
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Lichanura t. roseofusca occurs in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego Counties of southern California.
LEGAL STATUS: Lichanura trivirgata is protected in Nevada
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Lichanura trivirgata roseofusca (Cope – 1868)
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: roseofusca, Latin – rose = red like a rose, ruddy + fusca = dusky
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jeager 1962