Osborn years ago claimed to have four foot Rosys. His wife was at a loss when asked about them stating she also would be interested in seiing one! Has a four foot Rosy been Documented? Three Foot?
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Rosy Record
Sighthunter
Jan 04, 2006 10:17 AM
Replies (15)
ROOTSROK
Jan 04, 2006 12:08 PM
I have a Female San gabriel rosy that is about 39", she is brumation but I'll do my best to get a shot thats shows her length. A friend of mine (if you could call him that) has a jamul boa that is a little over 40" and fairly thick too. i have pics of her but will have to uplooad them to ks, ill do it this evening. Jon
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albinorosy
Jan 06, 2006 11:30 AM
about 8-9 years ago during the initial heydays of the albino rosy marketing forays i had a conversation with scott selstadt regarding alledged 4' rosy boas. He offered me or anyone else $10,000 for a rosy boa that exceeded 48" as he was certain one could not exist. No less then a week later i got very excited when i was offered a local wild caught female that was "at least 48"long". When i saw her she looked to be the monster of all rosys, huge in length and girth, covered with scars, and a nubbed tail. I did take her in trade for some bearded dragons but as predicted she came up a tad short in length measuring 43". even if her tail had been intact she would not have reached the magic 4' mark. She appeared to be extremely old. She never produced for me and died two years later.
I am pretty certain a 4 footer has never been documented.
markg
Jan 04, 2006 02:41 PM
My friend measured a coastal rosy at 49 inches. The snake was brought to his house by a kid who claims he found it on the way up the San Bernardino mtns near Crestline, CA. That is awefully high elevation I would think for a wild rosy, so I am suspicious of the origin.
Whatever the real origin of the snake, it did top 4ft. Gigantic rosy for sure. That must have been 15 years ago.
I found a monster female in Murrieta, CA that was definitely over 36 inches, but I couldn't give an actual measurement. Probably around 40 inches as a guess. Huge animal. Big head too.
MaxPeterson
Jan 04, 2006 07:41 PM
I had one, for many years, that was 42" when I caught it off of HWY 4.
I was out of town when it died & a friend, who was house sitting, threw it out.
Max
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Tom Crutchfield
Sighthunter
Jan 04, 2006 10:09 PM
I just measured my two longest they came in at 37 and 38 inches.
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bluerosy
Jan 04, 2006 11:57 PM
"I got out of the business because it's almost impossible to do business without breaking a law some place, whether you knowingly do it or not."
Tom Crutchfield
Gosh Max, now you are gonna have to edit your signature. LOL!
2005 expo.
hmmmmmmm 
MaxPeterson
Jan 05, 2006 12:18 AM
"My parole is up & I no longer need to ..." 
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"I got out of the business because it's almost impossible to do business without breaking a law some place, whether you knowingly do it or not."
Tom Crutchfield
MaxPeterson
Jan 05, 2006 12:20 AM
My bad...
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"I got out of the business because it's almost impossible to do business without breaking a law some place, whether you knowingly do it or not."
Tom Crutchfield
Sighthunter
Jan 05, 2006 09:33 AM
I doesn't say what business he got out of.
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Sighthunter
Jan 04, 2006 10:14 PM
Hey Triv what is your longest?
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trivirgata
Jan 07, 2006 10:01 AM
My original Nichols Road female is 42 inches. I'm gonna ask Limburg if he has any 48 inch animals in his collection. I know Keasler has a monster Harquahala Mountains female, but I don't think she is 48 inches.
Sighthunter
Jan 07, 2006 05:02 PM
Wonder if Scott has 10K sitting around?
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tomsiegrist
Jan 06, 2006 08:54 AM
I have 2.2 2001 Coastals 100% Het Limburg where the males are both about 30" but the females are both just over 39" last time I measured. They are in Brumation now, but you have me curious, I will measure them when they come out.
RichardFHoyer
Jan 06, 2006 12:26 PM
There seems to be no standardized method for taking length measurements on snakes. Consequently, lengths reported for this or that species by different individuals are not always comparable.
For the smaller species that reach maximum lengths of about 5 feet and under, I use what I call the stretched length method. I have found that this method produces the most reliable results when one wishes to record growth information on specimens that are recaptured over time. The method is similar to what many individuals do when they measure a dead specimen, that is, stretched it out to obtain the snake's maximum length.
At any rate, in the early 1880's, for my classroom students I purchased a female Rosy Boa from a local pet shop that measured slightly over 42 inches total stretched length. I recall looking up the maximum length listed in the 1966 edition of the Western Field Guide by Robert Stebbins that then listed the maximum length for the species at 42 inches. The 1985 and current 2003 field guide editions by Stebbins list 44 inches as the maximum length for the Rosy Boa.
Richard F. Hoyer
RichardFHoyer
Jan 06, 2006 12:28 PM
Make that the 1980's.
RFH
