Coastal Rosy Boa vs. Northern Rubber Boa

Both are thick, smooth, blunt-tailed boas; their records meet in the Tehachapi Mountains and the southern Sierra foothills. A: Three broad reddish-brown or orange stripes on a grey or cream body in the Coastal Rosy Boa; plain olive or brown, no stripes in the Northern Rubber Boa. The Rubber Boa's underside is plain yellow.

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