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title: "Northern Rubber Boa"
description: "Charina bottae — Répteis. The rubber boa (Charina bottae) is a species of snake in the family Boidae and is native to western North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/northern-rubber-boa
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Northern Rubber Boa

> Charina bottae — Répteis. The rubber boa (Charina bottae) is a species of snake in the family Boidae and is native to western North America.

- Scientific name: *Charina bottae*
- Category: `reptiles` (Répteis)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 6072
- Wikidata: [Q302823](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q302823)
- iNaturalist taxon: [243962](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/243962)

## Names

- en: Northern Rubber Boa
- de: Gummiboa
- es: Boa enana
- fr: Boa caoutchouc
- nl: Rubberboa
- pl: Charyna gumowa

## Countries with the most observations

US (5301), CA (550)

## Summary

The rubber boa (Charina bottae) is a species of snake in the family Boidae and is native to western North America. It is sometimes known as the coastal rubber boa or the northern rubber boa and is not to be confused with the southern rubber boa (Charina umbratica).

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

## Photo

![Northern Rubber Boa](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/northern-rubber-boa/medium.jpg)

Photo: Erin Springinotic · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/94232794

## Machine access

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