the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Boidae (boas) > charina bottae (rubber boa) (2)
a short-tailed, thick-bodied, brown boa, Charina bottae (family Boidae), native to the western United States and British Columbia; cf. rubber snake n.