Rosy boa
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![Rosy boa](/Images/godic/202502/08/Lichanura-trivirgata1144.jpg")
![A rosy boa from Riverside, California, exhibiting its docile nature.](/Images/godic/202502/08/Rosy_Boa_Jaden_L_Garland_April_2006_100_45061144.JPG")
![Pet rosy boa eating a mouse](/Images/godic/202502/08/Rosy_boa_eating1144.JPG")
The rosy boa (Lichanura trivirgata) is a snake of the Boidae family, one of only two members of that family native to the United States. The other is the rubber boa (Charina bottae). The rosy boa is native to the American Southwest, and Baja California and Sonora, Mexico.