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{{Short description|Genus of snakes}}
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{{Speciesbox
| name = ''Aplopeltura''
| name = ''Aplopeltura''
| image = Aplopeltura boa - Khao Luang National Park.jpg
| image = Aplopeltura_boa.jpeg
| image_caption = ''[[Aplopeltura boa]]''
| image_caption = ''Aplopeltura boa'', [[Khao Luang National Park]].
| regnum = [[Animalia]]
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| phylum = [[Chordata]]
| status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{Cite journal | author = Grismer, L. | author2 = Diesmos, A.C. | author3 = Gonzalez, J.C. | author4 = Jose, R. | author5 = Inger, R.F. | name-list-style = amp | title = ''Aplopeltura boa'' | journal = [[The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species]] | volume = 2012 | page = e.T176342A1440473 | publisher = [[IUCN]] | date = 2012 | url = http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/176342/0 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T176342A1440473.en | access-date = 27 December 2017| doi-access = free }}</ref>
| subphylum = [[Vertebrata]]
| classis = [[Reptilia]]
| genus = Aplopeltura
| ordo = [[Squamata]]
| species = boa
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| parent_authority = [[André Marie Constant Duméril|Duméril]], 1853<ref>Duméril (1853). ''Prodrome de la classification des reptiles ophidiens'', page 67.</ref>
| subordo = [[Serpentes]]
| authority = [[Heinrich Boie|Boie]], 1828<ref name=RDB/>
| familia = [[Colubridae]]
| subfamilia = [[Pareatinae]]
| genus = '''''Aplopeltura'''''
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| genus_authority = [[André Marie Constant Duméril|Duméril]], 1853<ref>Duméril (1853). ''Prodrome de la classification des reptiles ophidiens'', page 67.</ref>
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = ''[[Aplopeltura boa]]'' (Boie, 1828)
}}
}}


'''''Aplopeltura''''' is a genus of snakes of the family Colubridae. It contain a single species which is ''[[Aplopeltura boa|A. boa]]''.
'''''Aplopeltura''''' is a genus of snakes of the family [[Pareidae]]. It contains a single species, '''''Aplopeltura boa''''', the '''blunthead slug snake''' or '''blunt-headed slug-eating snake'''.<ref name=IUCN/><ref name=RDB/> It is a small, non-venomous snake. The species can be found in southern [[Thailand]], [[Malaysia]], [[Indonesia]], [[Brunei]] and the [[Philippines]].<ref name=IUCN/>

''A. boa'' eats mainly snails, especially [[Operculum (gastropod)|operculate]] species. Their jaws are more mobile than those of most other vertebrates. With their mandibles, they cut the operculum off from their prey with a unique "sawing" motion. <ref name="Mandibular sawing in a snail-eating snake">{{cite journal |last1=Kojima |first1=Yosuke |title=Mandibular sawing in a snail-eating snake |journal=Scientific Reports |year=2020 |volume=10 |issue=1 |page=12670 |doi=10.1038/s41598-020-69436-7 |pmid=32728121 |pmc=7391773 |bibcode=2020NatSR..1012670K }}</ref>

''A. boa'' has been observed performing simple death feigning behavior. The snake rolls itself into a spiral with its belly up, staying still until the threat leaves. Unlike other death feigning snakes, ''A. boa'' does not emit a foul odor or open its mouth. <ref>{{cite web |last1=Jablonski |first1=Daniel |title=Death feigning behaviour in Aplopeltura boa |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/305266212 |website=ResearchGate |publisher=Natural History Note |access-date=27 October 2021}}</ref>

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Image:Aplopeltura boa, Blunt-headed tree snake.jpg|''Aplopeltura boa'', [[Khao Sok National Park]].
</gallery>


== References ==
== References ==
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<ref name=RDB>{{NRDB genus|genus=Aplopeltura |date=20 May |year=2016}}</ref>
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[[Category:Monotypic snake genera]]
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[[Category:Reptiles of Indonesia]]
[[Category:Reptiles of Malaysia]]
[[Category:Reptiles of the Philippines]]
[[Category:Reptiles of Thailand]]
[[Category:Reptiles of Borneo]]
[[Category:Taxa named by André Marie Constant Duméril]]


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Latest revision as of 18:30, 13 August 2023

Aplopeltura
Aplopeltura boa, Khao Luang National Park.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Pareidae
Genus: Aplopeltura
Duméril, 1853[3]
Species:
A. boa
Binomial name
Aplopeltura boa
Boie, 1828[2]

Aplopeltura is a genus of snakes of the family Pareidae. It contains a single species, Aplopeltura boa, the blunthead slug snake or blunt-headed slug-eating snake.[1][2] It is a small, non-venomous snake. The species can be found in southern Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei and the Philippines.[1]

A. boa eats mainly snails, especially operculate species. Their jaws are more mobile than those of most other vertebrates. With their mandibles, they cut the operculum off from their prey with a unique "sawing" motion. [4]

A. boa has been observed performing simple death feigning behavior. The snake rolls itself into a spiral with its belly up, staying still until the threat leaves. Unlike other death feigning snakes, A. boa does not emit a foul odor or open its mouth. [5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Grismer, L.; Diesmos, A.C.; Gonzalez, J.C.; Jose, R. & Inger, R.F. (2012). "Aplopeltura boa". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. IUCN: e.T176342A1440473. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T176342A1440473.en. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  2. ^ a b Aplopeltura at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 May 2016.
  3. ^ Duméril (1853). Prodrome de la classification des reptiles ophidiens, page 67.
  4. ^ Kojima, Yosuke (2020). "Mandibular sawing in a snail-eating snake". Scientific Reports. 10 (1): 12670. Bibcode:2020NatSR..1012670K. doi:10.1038/s41598-020-69436-7. PMC 7391773. PMID 32728121.
  5. ^ Jablonski, Daniel. "Death feigning behaviour in Aplopeltura boa". ResearchGate. Natural History Note. Retrieved 27 October 2021.


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