None in common usage. It is a boldly patterned gray sandboa with a brown or reddish-brown zigzag stripe down the back. The upper surface of the snake is with keeled scales, the stomach has smooth scales. The upper surface of the short tail has strongly-keeled, pointed scales. The head is not distinguished from the neck, the eyes are small, the lower jaw is undershot.
Babies are similar to adults.
From the Indian subcontinent, ranging from eastern Iran and Afghanistan through Pakistan and into southern India. This taxon used to be imported with some frequency a couple of decades ago, but imports are now uncommon in captivity. This is a very hardy undemanding species. Also, compared to the other sandboas, this is a beautifully patterned sandboa. Rough-scaled sandboas feed on rodents throughout their life.