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 ...

The Arabian Sand Viper (Cerastes gasperettii) is an adult size of a sand viper averages 20–35 cm (8-14 inches) in total length (body + tail), with a maximum total length of 50 cm (1.6 ft).

Arabian sand boas live in deserts on the Arabian Peninsula, where they lie buried in the sand with only their derpy eyes peeking out as they wait for prey. When you purchase through links on our ...

Highlights of his stunning portfolio of images, taken across the seven Emirates, include a scorpion with her babies, an Arabian horned viper hiding in the desert sand, and two black and yellow mud ...

and Sand Gazelle (Gazella marica). Among its 10 reptile species are elusive desert dwellers like the Sandfish Skink (Scincus mitranus) and the Arabian Horned Viper (Cerastes gasperettii).