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Subject: Re: my thoughts From: mysticete posted Thu, Sep 10 2009, 7:30pm  Where do you live? I thought it was the Pac Northwest. If so, you might want to look up a picture of a rubber boa. Subject: Re: my thoughts From: Karl posted Thu, Sep 10 2009, 7:44pm  Nope not the Pacific Northwest. I live in the northeast tip of Utah. I have to say, the rubber boa looks an awful lot like the snake we saw, but we only got a about a fifteen second glance at it before it slithered into the foliage and disappeared, so I can't say for sure. I can say for sure that it isn't native to this area, so I don't know what to tell you. Subject: Re: my thoughts From: mysticete posted Fri, Sep 11 2009, 10:13am  I would have to double check my field guide at home...I know they range far enough west to get into Wyoming, so it's possibly in your area as well. Subject: Re: my thoughts From: Karl posted Sat, Sep 12 2009, 12:39pm  I could find nothing in the local guides supporting their presence in this area, and I've never heard any stories from anyone finding a rubber boa. This, of course, does not discount the possibility if they are found as far as Wyoming. Perhaps my son and I saw the exception to the local rule. Subject: Re: my thoughts From: mysticete posted Sat, Sep 12 2009, 4:06pm  I double-checked my Peterson guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians. They are indeed found in the mountains in North and parts of western Utah. They are hard to find snakes, so you should consider yourself lucky to see one :P

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