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 𝐄𝐫𝐲𝐱 𝐣𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐫𝐢, known 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 as the 𝐀𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐨𝐚 or 𝐉𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐫'𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐨𝐚, is a species of snake in the 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐁𝐨𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐞.The species is 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜 to the 𝐀𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐏𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐚 and 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧 where it spends the day 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 in the 𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝.

The 𝐀𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐨𝐚 is a 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 to a 𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡 (𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥) of about 𝟑𝟖 𝐜𝐦. The 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 are 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 and are 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 on the 𝐭𝐨𝐩 of the 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝, which has a 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐭 and is 𝐰𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞-𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐝. This snake's 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐫 is 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡-𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐲 or 𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐲-𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐝 with 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐬 and 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 with 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐬.

𝐄𝐫𝐲𝐱 𝐣𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐫𝐢 is a 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 of snake, 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐢-𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 in 𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝 or 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐢𝐥.The 𝐀𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐨𝐚 is 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 to the 𝐀𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐚. Its 𝐠𝐞𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐜 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐒𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐢 𝐀𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐚, 𝐎𝐦𝐚𝐧, 𝐘𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧, 𝐊𝐮𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭, and 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧.

The 𝐀𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐨𝐚 is 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 and is 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭 of a 𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 of 𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬.  It's 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐲 includes 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭-𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐠𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐨𝐬 (𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐲𝐥𝐮𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐩.), 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐠𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐨 (𝐁𝐮𝐧𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐮𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐬), and 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬.

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