Why is it dwarf?!

ArtWildentanzen: I don't know!

That's what it eats.

it is apparently confused with the Mongolian Death Worm

What's the smallest one called?

good question

there are 17 species of sand boas, in 3 genera

in all of them, females are about 50% bigger than males

and 'smallest' is probably a thre-way tie between the Somali sand boa, Arabian Sand Boa and Elegant Sand boa.

be warned however, that the Elegant Sand Boa is not

Hm. Well, aesthetics are a subjective concept, I guess.

But it's not what I would have called it, no.

It seems elegant from an evolutionary perspective to hide in the sand