Rubber Boa
Charina bottae
Boa Family
24" Thick; looks rubbery; tail short, scales smooth, shiny. Climbs trees; good burrower and swimmer. Feeds maily at night and on warm overcast days; constructs mine, shrews, and birds.
Habitat: Woodlands, grasslands, and sandy watersides.
Range: all the NW, except Columbia Basin of eastern Washington.
Western Skink
Eumeces skiltonianus
Skink Family
8". Adult brown above, with wide buff and blackish stripes from face to base of tail; gray below; til gray-brown. Body scales smooth and shiny, small; head scales large. Juv. stripes more black and white; tail bright blue. Hides under bark, logs, rocks.
Habitat: Grasslands, woodlands rocky streamsides
Activity: By day, May-Sept.
RangeEastern Washington and all of Oregon