by Rosy boa it is small nonvenmous snake native to the us
One of the most beautiful snakes found in the United States is the Rosy Boa. The name says it all; it has a beautiful, rosy glow from head to toe, and despite variations in color, it remains lovely no matter where it is found. It is one of the most popular pet snakes as well given their very docile nature. People new to having snakes for a pet will instantly fall in love with this ᴄʜᴀʀᴍᴇʀ.
It inhabits anywhere from the low desert basins up to 6000 ft high mountain slopes and can be found in coastal desert canyons, near-desert and desert slopes, rocky shrubland, creek beds, boulder-strewn hillsides. Rosy boas seem to prefer habitats near water sources, but are not restricted to those areas and are ʀᴀʀᴇʟʏ found far from rock cover. Rosy boas will spend most of their life concealed in rocky crevices, beneath rocks or in abandoned animal burrows, protected from ᴘʀᴇᴅᴀᴛᴏʀs and temperature ᴇxᴛʀᴇᴍᴇs. Their activity patterns are dependent on weather, in the hot summer months, rosy boas will ʜᴜɴᴛ primarily in the evening and night time, while in the more moderate temperatures it may forage almost any time of day. In most of the rosy boa range, the winter is too cold and they enter a dormant state called brumation, similar to hibernation of mammals. Despite growing up to 34 inches long, it is considered one of the smallest family members of the Boidae family of snakes. These are smart snakes as well with females growing larger and longer than males. An adult can grow large and stocky; it has a powerful body and can coil around and suffocate any large ᴘʀᴇʏ. The body has a diameter the size of a golf ball and from head to toe is very smooth scales. You can touch it and feel your hands glide. An adult rosy boa as a fairly stocky and powerful, muscled body the diameter of a golf ball with smooth scales. They have a stubby short and tapered tail with a blunt tip, that is also slightly prehensile.
Rosy boas are important for their ecosystem because due to their diet these snakes help to control populations of small mammals, especially rodents.
