Aplopeltura

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Aplopeltura
Aplopeltura boa Khao Luang National Park
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Aplopeltura

Species:
A. boa
Binomial name
Aplopeltura boa
(Boie, 1828)

Aplopeltura is a genus of snakes of the family Colubridae. It contains a single species, Aplopeltura boa, the blunthead slug snake or blunt-headed slug eating snake.[1][3] It is a small, non-venomous snake. The species can be found in southern Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei and the Philippines.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Template:IUCN2012.2
  2. ^ Duméril (1853). Prodrome de la classification des reptiles ophidiens, page 67.
  3. ^ Aplopeltura at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 May 2016.