Over the course of six years, between January 2016 and December 2021, WCS-India, a non-profit working on wildlife conservation, recorded 172 instances of the illegal sand boa trade across the country.

Pictures showing an Arabian sand boa that looks like "a child's best effort at drawing a snake" has charmed the internet. "Today I learned about the Arabian sand boa," wrote the Today Years Old ...

Sand Boa snakes are non-venomous snakes that have attracted a lot of attention in the recent times. Mumbai police recently arrested one man who was trying to sell the 3 feet and 7 inches long sand boa ...

Nagpur: With seizures of 172 red sand boa snakes in the last five years, the illegal trade has put the near-threatened reptile species on the brink of extinction. Maharashtra tops the illegal trade ...

In a big relief for authorities of Chhatbir Zoo, chief judicial magistrate (CJM), Ludhiana, has given permission to the menagerie to release 36 baby sand boas in jungles during the Wildlife Week from ...

Having a bad day? Watch this video of a Kenyan sand boa who loves his sandbox. Even if you don't like snakes, it will make you happy. CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture ...

TIRUPATI: Despite a ban on illegal wildlife trade in India, the underground business in rare creatures is continuing unabated in several parts of the country, including Andhra Pradesh, posing one of ...

A report by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)-India has pointed out 172 incidents of seizures of red sand boa (Eryx johnii) between the years 2016-2021. The report, compiled by the Counter ...

A Team from the Belacoba forest range seized a massive Red Sand Boa (Eryx johnii) from the Darjeeling forest area and arrested 4 people in connection with illegal trading. The accused have been ...

A red sand boa snake, worth around Rs 1.25 crore, was rescued from five people, who were trying to sell it in Madhya Pradesh's Narsinghgarh on Sunday, an official said. The five accused, including ...

DAVANGERE: District police in a joint operation with the forest department on Sunday rescued three sand boas that were illegally traded in the district. On a tip-off, the district police resuced three ...