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title: "Coastal Rosy Boa"
description: "Lichanura orcutti — Reptiles. Lichanura orcutti, also known as the rosy boa, the coastal rosy boa, or the northern three-lined boa, is a species of snake in the family Boidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/coastal-rosy-boa
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Coastal Rosy Boa

> Lichanura orcutti — Reptiles. Lichanura orcutti, also known as the rosy boa, the coastal rosy boa, or the northern three-lined boa, is a species of snake in the family Boidae.

- Scientific name: *Lichanura orcutti*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptiles)
- Habitats: `desert` (Desert)
- iNaturalist observations: 2729
- Wikidata: [Q15299119](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15299119)
- iNaturalist taxon: [236841](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/236841)

## Names

- en: Coastal Rosy Boa
- de: Dreistreifen-Rosenboa
- es: Boa rosada del oeste
- fr: Boa à trois lignes

## Countries with the most observations

US (2475), MX (50)

## Summary

Lichanura orcutti, also known as the rosy boa, the coastal rosy boa, or the northern three-lined boa, is a species of snake in the family Boidae. This species is found North of the US–Mexico border within San Diego County in California and along the coastal Peninsular Ranges, northward into the Mojave Desert and eastward in the Sonoran Desert of California and Arizona. Lichanura orcutti is one of four boa species native to the continental United States, the other three being the desert rosy boa (Lichanura trivirgata), and the two species of rubber boas (Charina).

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lichanura_orcutti

## Photo

![Coastal Rosy Boa](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/coastal-rosy-boa/medium.jpg)

Photo: Elizabeth Braker · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/7533572

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/coastal-rosy-boa?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).