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whitish bands, sometimes with dark margins. Some bands fuse together forming Z- or Y-shaped markings. Each dorsal scale has a pale central portion which results in fine longitudinal striations along the dorsal surface. The ventral surface is whitish, sometimes spotted with small spots of dark colour or with larger rounded dark patches, usually aligned with a dorsal bar.
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Sand boas have no distinct neck, the body is cylindrical and the tail is short and tapering. The eyes are small with vertical pupils. The Somali sand boa is somewhat variable in colouring. The basic colour of the dorsal surface is some shade of brown with about thirty transverse or semi-oblique
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