{"id":31019,"date":"2026-05-19T12:18:03","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T06:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=31019"},"modified":"2026-05-20T14:16:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T08:46:56","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><b>Red Sand Boa Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Hyderabad zonal unit of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) recently recovered live Indian Red Sand Boa (Eryx johnii) from a person, who was involved in illegal trading of live snakes at Warangal.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Red Sand Boa<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Red Sand Boa, commonly called the <\/span><b>Indian Sand Boa<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, is a <\/span><b>non-venomous snake<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> species found throughout the <\/span><b>dry parts of the Indian subcontinent.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scientific Name: Eryx johnii<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Red Sand Boa <\/b><b>Habitat and Distribution<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The species is <\/span><b>endemic to Iran, Pakistan, and India.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These snakes<\/span><b> prefer dry, sandy, and loose soil environments<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that support their fossorial lifestyle.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>ovoviviparous <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>nocturnal <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>spends the majority of its time underground.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Red Sand Boa <\/b><b>Appearance<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a primarily <\/span><b>reddish-brown and thick-set snake <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that grows to an average length of 75 cm.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unlike most snakes, the<\/span><b> tail is almost as thick as the body<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>gives the reptile the appearance of being \u201cdouble-headed\u201d.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Red Sand Boa <\/b><b>Conservation Status<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is classified as &#8216;<b>Near Threatened<\/b>&#8216;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><strong>:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deccanchronicle.com\/amp\/southern-states\/telangana\/dri-seizes-2-indian-red-sand-boa-in-warangal-1-held-1957500\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>DC<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Red Sand Boa is a non-venomous snake species found throughout the dry parts of the Indian subcontinent. 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