Three-lined Boa or Mexican Rosy Boa (Lichanura trivirgata)

Common Name(s): Three-lined Boa, Mexican Rosy Boa

Scientific Name: Lichanura trivirgata

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Legal Status: This species is protected by the laws of the State of Arizona. They may not be killed or collected without a valid Arizona hunting license. The possession limit as of this writing is 4, however only 2 animals per year may be harvested. This species may not be sold, bartered, or traded within the State. For current or more information please visit the Arizona Game and Fish regulations.

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Books with more Information:

Limburg, Randy, Bob Montoya, and Gerold Merker. Rosy Boas: Patterns in Time. Rodeo, NM: ECO Herpetological & Distribution, 2011. Print.

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Sources:

Brennan and Holycross. 2009. A Field Guide To Amphibians and Reptiles in Arizona, p.124-125. Arizona Game and Fish Department.

Stebbins. 2003. Western Reptiles and Amphibians, Third Edition, p. 409. Houghton Mifflin Company, New York.

Brennan. 2008. Online Field Guide to the Reptiles and Amphibians of Arizona. http://www.reptilesofaz.org/Snakes-Subpages/h-c-atrox.html

Wood, Dustin A., Robert N. Fisher, and Tod W. Reeder. “Novel patterns of historical isolation, dispersal, and secondary contact across Baja California in the Rosy Boa (Lichanura trivirgata).” Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 46.2 (2008): 484-502.

GBIF.org (11 January 2020) GBIF Occurrence Download https://doi.org/10.15468/dl.i26dl3