Kenyan Sand Boa
Gongylophis colubrinus
- Habitat: Semi-arid environments to scrub savannah
- Range: Egypt, Niger, Somalia, Ethiopia, Sudan, Kenya, and northern Tanzania
- Natural Diet: Small mammals
- Status in the Wild: Not evaluated
Fun Facts
- Kenyan sand boas can get as long as 3 feet.
- They are short, heavy-bodied snakes with a blunt head and a small tail.
- Their body coloring varies from yellow to orange with dull blotches. They are known to have several morphs.
- They spend a considerable
proportion of their time buried in the sand or under rocks to cool themselves on hot days, and to hide from predators.
- They are ambush predators. They hide under the sand
and lie in wait for their prey then pounce and pull their
prey under the sand to suffocate them.
- Females give
birth to live young of 10 to 20 per nest.
The Kenyan sand boa spends a considerable proportion of time buried in the soil
Distributional range in Africa