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Baja California Ratsnake
Bogertophis rosaliae (Mocquard, 1899)

Current SSAR Comments:
There are no current SSAR comments for this taxon.

Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
(Created by Travis W. Taggart; Version: 2023.04.08.12.02.39)
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First instance(s) of published English names:
Yellow Snake (Elaphe rosaliae: Van Denburgh, John. 1922. The Reptiles of Western North America: An Account of the Species Known to Inhabit California and Oregon, Washinton, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, British Columbia, Sonora, and Lower California. Volume I. Lizards. California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco. 556pp.);

Taxon Links:

  
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
  
The Reptile Database
  
NatureServe
  
iNaturalist
  
GenBank
  
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database

Pertinent LIterature:
1899 Mocquard, François. Contribution a la fauna herpetologique de la Basse Californie. Nouvelles archives du Muséum d'histoire naturelle. 4th series. 1(2nd fasc):297–343

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