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.
# |
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 |