Charina umbratica

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Charina umbratica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Boidae
Genus: Charina
Species: C. umbratica
Binomial name
Charina umbratica
Klauber, 1943
Synonyms
  • Charina bottae umbratica Klauber, 1943
  • Charina umbratica
    Rodríguez-Robles et al., 2001[1]

Charina umbratica, known commonly as the Southern rubber boa, is a species of snake in the Boidae family.[2][3] It is found in the United States, in southern California.

References

  1. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. "Charina". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 16th, 2010. 
  3. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes, 2004. Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.

Further reading

  • Klauber, L.M. 1943. The Subspecies of the Rubber Snake, Charina. Trans. San Diego Soc. Nat. Hist. 10 (7): 83-90.
  • Rodríguez-Robles, Javier A., Glenn R. Stewart, Theodore J. Papenfuss. 2001. Mitochondrial DNA-Based Phylogeography of North American Rubber Boas, Charina bottae (Serpentes: Boidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 18 (2): 227-237.


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