Sandaconda (Pokémon)

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Sandaconda (Japanese: サダイジャ Sadaija) is a introduced in Generation VIII.
It evolves from starting at level 36.
Sandaconda can Gigantamax into Gigantamax Sandaconda if it has the .
==Biology==
Sandaconda is a tan serpent with a black and brown pattern all over its body, resembling cracked earth. Around its neck is a dark greenish brown ring, which is its neck pouch. Its long body is coiled in a spiral shape. It has lime green eyes with red bags underneath them and a snout with two prominent nostrils and two fangs.
Sandaconda uses its inflated sand pouch to protect its head from harm. The pouch can store over 220 pounds (100 kilograms) of sand, and is very elastic and thick to the point where a 's pincers cannot harm it. Sandaconda can contract its body to spray the sand stored in the pouch through its nose with tremendous force, and its unique method of coiling allows it to blast its sand more efficiently. Some of the sand is combined with Sandaconda's own saliva to form sharp pieces of gravel, making it so dangerous that just coming in contact with it will cause lacerations. While Sandaconda may act tough and confident, it will become timid and cowardly the moment it runs out of sand.Sandaconda | Official Website | Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield Sandaconda is known to eat eggs.
Sandaconda and its pre-Evolution, , are the only known Pokémon that can have as an Ability.
===Forms===
Sandaconda has a Gigantamax form.
As Gigantamax Sandaconda, it becomes larger and stands on its tail like a cobra. Its body, decorated by brown and black diamond markings, has coiled in a spiral that resembles a tornado, with its head and neck in the middle. Masses of mottled brown sand overflows from its neck pouch and swirls around it, exceeding 1,000,000 tons in weight. Three red clouds float above its head and its eye color changes to bright red. Gigantamax Sandaconda attacks by spinning its body at high speeds, causing the sand to move at incredible speeds and inflicting massive damage to anything that touches it, even a skyscraper.Gigantamax Sandaconda | Official Website | Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield
Gigantamax Sandaconda is the only known Pokémon capable of using the G-Max Move .
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Sandaconda
===Evolution===
Sandaconda evolves from .
(For specifics on this Pokémon's Evolution in the games, refer to Game data→Evolution data.)
==Game data==
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===Stats===
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===Main series===
====Major appearances====
Sandaconda debuted in Chasing to the Finish!, under the ownership of Lyla. It was used to battle Goh and , alongside Sterling's , before being defeated by and .
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==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
Sandaconda debuted in Thump!! The Gazing Sage, under the ownership of Raihan. He used it in an unofficial battle against 's Sirfetch'd and won.
A Gigantamaxed Sandaconda appeared in PASS41, being one of many Pokémon to suddenly Gigantamax.
==In the TCG==
==Trivia==
* Sandaconda is the only to have a Gigantamax form.
* Sandaconda's may be a reference to , a type of coloration commonly bred for in snakes.
===Origin===
Sandaconda appears to be based on an , though it may also be based on various desert-dwelling s, such as the , a snake that uses coiling and rippling motions to travel across sandy dunes. As its Pokédex entries state that it blasts sand out of its nose, it also may be based on a double-barreled gun. Sandaconda may also be based on the , a snake that gets its name from its tendency to curl into a ball to hide its head.
With its ability to shoot sand from its nostrils as a defense mechanism, Sandaconda may take inspiration from s, which spit venom out of their fangs in much the same way.
Its Gigantamax form may be based on a .
====Name origin====
Sandaconda may be a combination of sand and .
Sadaija may be a combination of 沙 sa (sand) and 大蛇 daija (serpent).
==In other languages==
==Related articles==
* Gigantamax
==References==
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