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Rosy Boa

Lichanura trivirgata

Photo by Bill Richie
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Really nice, healthy snake - beautiful

Habitat:

chaparral

Notes:

Excreted the stankenest musk I've ever smelled when I picked it up.

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Comments (1)
MitchRay
super cool. I'm not sure the musk can smell worse than that of some of the Nerodia I've handled

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Southern California Wildlife
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Snakes of the United States - Center for Snake Conservation
Photographed
PublishedMay 24, 2011

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