Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update:
April 12th, 2025.
 
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Genus
Aplopeltura
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Blunt-headed Slug Eater
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Kurzkopf-Schneckennatter
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Asiatisk Butsnudet Sneglesnog
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Aspidocercus Fitzinger [nomen oblitum] (type species: Amblycephalus boa Boie 1828; syn. Williams, Wallach & Boundy 2014) |
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Aplopeltura Dumeril (type species: Amblycephalus boa Boie 1828) |
Contents:
1 species, which is not endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Distribution:
As for the single species.
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Meristic and other data
of the world's snakes.
Compiled by
V. Wallach
Key to abbreviations
Head drawings of the
genus Aplopeltura.
Compiled by V. Wallach
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Aplopeltura boa
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Blunt-headed Slug Eater, Blunt-headed Slug-eating Snake, Blunt-headed Tree Snake, Boa Blunthead
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Asiatische Kurzkopf-Schneckennatter
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Asiatisk Butsnudet Sneglesnog
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Amblycephalus boa Boie |
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Dipsas boa Schlegel 1837 |
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Haplopeltura boa Boettger 1892 |
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Aplopeltura boa Duméril & Bibron 1854 |
Remarks:
Reported from Myanmar by some authors (e.g., Dowling & Jenner 1988; Zug, Leviton, Vindum, Wogan & Koo 2010; Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014;
Chan-ard, Parr & Nabhitabhata 2015), but no recent surveys have confirmed the presence of the species in the country (Grismer, Diesmos, Gonzalez, Jose & Inger 2012).
However, it may occur in the southern part of the country, having been found in Thailand, not far from the border to Myanmar.
Leviton, Siler, Weinell & Brown (2018) did not include Polillo in the distribution of the species.
Distribution:
Brunei,
Indonesia
(Bangka,
Java,
Kalimantan,
Natuna Islands,
Nias,
Sumatra),
Malaysia
(Sabah,
Sarawak,
West Malaysia),
Myanmar,
Philippines
(Balabac,
Bohol,
Dinagat,
Luzon,
Mindanao,
Palawan,
Polillo,
Samar,
Sulu Islands
[Basilan]),
Thailand.
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