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I had to chuckle - I wasn't the one who found it, my brother came in and said "Mom found a snake and she doesn't know what it is, can you come out and tell us?" Imagine my surprise to find a rosy boa! It was in our garage, trying to get under the fridge, so we caught it and took a few pictures and then I let it go in the yard right outside the garage door. Figure the yard is better for it than the concrete floor.

Thanks for looking!

~jenny
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"The python has, and I fib no fibs,
318 pairs of ribs.
In stating this I place reliance
On a seance with one who died for science
This figure is sworn to and attested,
He counted them while being digested."
~Ogden Nash

jenny.thegreenes.org

"If you're happy and you know it,
Bomb Iraq!
If you cannot find Osama,
Bomb Iraq!
If the terrorists are frisky,
Pakistan is looking shifty,
North Korea is too risky,
Bomb Iraq!

Gorgeous snake, where are you located. I have 7 rosies, they are almost as cool as ball pythons.

I don't know where you live, but in Florida where I am, releasing non-native wildlife is a crime. Even if that is where you found it.

I believe she lives in Cal. and rosy's are native there so she was just helping it on its way. Cool little guy. I found a leopard gecko in my garden recently but I kept him!!!
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Rosy boas are a native species, that's why. It's illegal for me to keep it without a license, which I don't have.
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"The python has, and I fib no fibs,
318 pairs of ribs.
In stating this I place reliance
On a seance with one who died for science
This figure is sworn to and attested,
He counted them while being digested."
~Ogden Nash

jenny.thegreenes.org

"If you're happy and you know it,
Bomb Iraq!
If you cannot find Osama,
Bomb Iraq!
If the terrorists are frisky,
Pakistan is looking shifty,
North Korea is too risky,
Bomb Iraq!

I guess I thought it wasn't native to your area since you were surprised to find it.
Mike

They're native, but no longer nearly as common because there's been a lot of collecting as well as development, housing-wise. I've been here almost 7 years now and hadn't seen one on our property up til now.
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"The python has, and I fib no fibs,
318 pairs of ribs.
In stating this I place reliance
On a seance with one who died for science
This figure is sworn to and attested,
He counted them while being digested."
~Ogden Nash

jenny.thegreenes.org

"If you're happy and you know it,
Bomb Iraq!
If you cannot find Osama,
Bomb Iraq!
If the terrorists are frisky,
Pakistan is looking shifty,
North Korea is too risky,
Bomb Iraq!

That is so cool I have a female that looks just like that .David of DS Reptile Rescue

Cool! Is this a normal find for your area of socal?

((jealous grin))