{"id":31019,"date":"2023-08-31T08:18:03","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T02:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=31019"},"modified":"2025-04-16T08:27:51","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T02:57:51","slug":"red-sand-boa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/red-sand-boa\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Sand Boa"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Red Sand Boa:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Red Sand Boa (Eryx johnii) is a species in the subfamily Erycinae of the family Boidae.<\/li>\n<li>It is\u00a0commonly called the\u00a0<strong>Indian Sand Boa<\/strong>, is a\u00a0<strong>non-venomous species<\/strong> found throughout the\u00a0<strong>dry parts of the Indian subcontinent<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It is ovoviviparous<strong> and nocturnal<\/strong> and spends the majority of its time under the ground.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Distribution:\u00a0<\/strong>The species is endemic\u00a0<strong>to Iran, Pakistan, and India.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Appearance:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>I<\/strong>t is a primarily\u00a0<strong>reddish-brown and thick-set snake<\/strong> that grows to an average length of 75 cm.<\/li>\n<li>Unlike most snakes, the tail is almost as thick as the body and gives the reptile the\u00a0<strong>appearance of being &#8220;double-headed&#8221;.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ecologically importance<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Like other snake species, the Red Sand Boa also plays a significant role in the ecosystem by maintaining a\u00a0<strong>healthy population between prey and predator.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It feeds on rodents, lizards, and even other snakes.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Conservation Status<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>IUCN:<\/strong> Near Threatened<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972:<\/strong> Schedule IV<\/li>\n<li><strong>CITES:<\/strong> Appendix II<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What\u00a0 are Ovoviviparous ?<\/h3>\n<p>Ovoviviparous animals produce eggs, but instead of laying the eggs, the eggs develop within the mother&#8217;s body and are born alive.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/energy-and-environment\/172-incidents-of-seizures-of-red-sand-boa-recorded-from-2016-to-2021-wcs-india-report\/article67249299.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>172 incidents of seizures of red sand boa recorded from 2016 to 2021: WCS-India report<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Red Sand Boa is commonly called the Indian Sand Boa, is a non-venomous species found throughout the dry parts of the Indian subcontinent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":31020,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-31019","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31019\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}