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Rosy Boa

Lichanura trivirgata Cope, 1861

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Open encyclopedia reference

The desert rosy boa (Lichanura trivirgata) is a species of snake in the family Boidae. The desert rosy boa is native to the American Southwest and Baja California and Sonora in Mexico. The desert rosy boa is one of four species in the boa family native to the continental United States, the other three being the coastal rosy boa (Lichanura orcutti) and the two species of rubber boas (Charina).

Wikipedia contributors, Desert rosy boa; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T01:40:46.615020+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name: Lichanura trivirgata Cope, 1861
Name authority: Cope, 1861
Common name: Rosy Boa
Rank: species
Accepted status: accepted
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Boidae
Genus: Lichanura
Extinction status: Not supplied by this source

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
kingdomAnimalia
phylumChordata
subphylumVertebrata
infraphylumGnathostomata
parvphylumOsteichthyes
megaclassTetrapoda
classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
suborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758
infraorderAlethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923
familyBoidae
genusLichanura
speciesLichanura trivirgata Cope, 1861

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Lichanura. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

Species	Classification	Source status
Northern Three-lined BoaLichanura orcutti Stejneger, 1889	BoidaeChordata	Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

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Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded name	Source status
Lichanura myriolepis Cope, 1868 Cope, 1868	synonym
Lichanura ruseofusca gracia Klauber, 1931 Klauber, 1931	synonym
Lichanura trivirgata bostici Ottley, 1978 Ottley, 1978	synonym
Lichanura trivirgata gracia Klauber, 1931 Klauber, 1931	synonym
Lichanura trivirgata saslowi (Spiteri, 1987 ex Bartlett, 1987) (Spiteri, 1987 ex Bartlett, 1987)	synonym
Lichanura roseofusca Cope, 1868 Cope, 1868	synonym

Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

USA (S California, SW Arizona),

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Lichanura&species=trivirgata Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:6PW47. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.