Rosy Boa Collecting Data

While those of you from the west coast may find these snakes to be commonplace, for someone from Texas, traveling to California or Arizona in search of these wonderful little ground boas is quite an adventure.  I've tabulated all of the boas that Marla & I have personally encountered.  Unlike my alterna collecting records, I've only listed these animals by general location, because many were field collected, and field collecting locales are much more sensitive to disturbance than the road localities where I've found most of my alterna.  I've also omitted photos of DORs.

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Date

Locale

Details

Photo

1

4/25/97

Verbenia

 adult female AOR at 1951 hrs; Troy Hibbitts & Paul Lynum

2

4/26/97

Verbenia

 adult female AOR at 1958 hrs; Troy Hibbitts

3

3/15/98

Landers

 adult male in rock crack around 1300 hrs; Troy Hibbitts

4

3/17/98

Aguanga

 large adult female under rock at about 1800 hrs; Marla Hibbitts

5

3/17/98

Long Canyon

 adult male AOR at 2058; Troy Hibbitts & Brett Nelson

6

5/30/98

Verbenia

 juv male AOR at 2045 hrs; Troy & Marla Hibbitts

7

5/30/98

Verbenia

 adult female AOR at 2047 hrs; Troy & Marla Hibbitts

8

3/14/99

Pioneertown

 juv found under rock at about 1400 hrs; Troy Hibbitts

9

3/14/99

Landers

 adult male under rock at about 1800 hrs; Troy Hibbitts

10

3/16/99

Lake Elsinore

 adult male under board at 0945 hrs; Troy Hibbitts

11

3/18/99

Harquahala Mts

 adult female out basking on hillside at about 1700 hrs; Troy Hibbitts

12

3/19/00

Dome Rock Mts

 adult female AOR at 2215 hrs; Troy Hibbitts & Greg Shull

13

3/21/00

Lake Elsinore

 juv under board at 1130 hrs; Troy Hibbitts

14

3/21/00

Lake Elsinore

 adult under rolled carpet at about 1215 hrs; Troy Hibbitts

15

3/21/00

Carrizo Road

 adult male under rock at 1645 hrs; Troy Hibbitts

16

3/22/00

Landers

 juv under rock at about 1000 hrs; Troy Hibbitts

17

5/10/00

Verbenia

 adult female AOR at 2148 hrs; Troy & Toby Hibbitts & Rachel Gallagher

18

5/13/00

Verbenia

 juv male AOR at 2220 hrs; Troy & Toby Hibbitts & Rachel Gallagher

19

3/18/01

Hualupai Mts

 adult male under rock at 1650 hrs; Troy Hibbitts

20

3/18/01

Hualupai Mts

 adult male under rock at 1655 hrs; Troy Hibbitts

21

3/23/01

Scissor's Crossing

 adult male DOR; Troy & Marla Hibbitts nearly unicolor gray boa, very similar to the Carrizo Rd snake above

22

4/26/01

Chino Canyon

 juv male AOR at 2045 hrs; Troy Hibbitts & Dave Long

23

4/26/01

Long Canyon

 adult female AOR at 2346 hrs; Troy Hibbitts & Dave Long

24

4/27/01

Pushawalla Canyon

 adult female AOR at 0050 hrs; Troy Hibbitts & Dave Long

25

6/04/01

Hualupai Mts

 subadult female AOR at 2030 hrs; Marla & Terry Hibbitts

26

3/15/05

Harcuvar Mts

 adult female under rock at 1700 hrs; Troy Hibbitts

27

5/29/06

Hualupai Mts

 adult male AOR at 0745 hrs; Troy & Marla Hibbitts