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Basic information
Bogertophis rosaliae
Baja California Rat Snake
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassReptiles
OrderAmphisbaenians
FamilyColubrid Snakes
GenusBogertophis
- English name
- Baja California Rat Snake
- Alternative names
- Baja California Ratsnake, Ratonera de Baja California
- Synonyms
- Coluber rosaliae
Distribution and environment
- Biome
- Desert, Mountain, Shrubland, Wetland
- Microhabitat
- Terrestrial
Size and appearance
- Body length
- max 1,520 mm
- Body mass
- max 339.4 g
- Hatchling mass
- ~6.8 g
Biological characteristics
- Longevity
- max 27.7 years
- Activity
- Nocturnal
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Foraging mode
- Active
Reproduction and development
- Reproductive mode
- Oviparous
- Clutch size
- 2–10 individuals
- Clutches per year
- ~1 × per year
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- Catalogue of Life, eol traitbank, ReptTraits, SquamBase
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · 5WLN6 · COL26.10
- Original documentation
- eol traitbank · eol-2b1a6945e807cb8f26a5d28f00d1aab20ae38efbd77156a3c75f0e40e77d
- Original documentation
- ReptTraits · figshare-v4
- Original documentation
- SquamBase · 11559 · dryad-v5