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New sand boa species calls for attention
A new study reports the first confirmed record in India of the Sistan sand boa (Eryx sistanensis), a species formally described only in 2020 and previously known from Iran and Pakistan. Researchers documented three live individuals from the northern Thar Desert in Rajasthan. The discovery effectively adds a fourth species of sand boa to India, […]
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