Aplopeltura
Appearance
Aplopeltura | |
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Aplopeltura boa, Khao Luang National Park. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Pareidae |
Genus: | Aplopeltura Duméril, 1853[3] |
Species: | A. boa
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Binomial name | |
Aplopeltura 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.[1][2] It is a small, non-venomous snake. The species can be found in southern Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei and the Philippines.[1]
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Aplopeltura boa, Khao Sok National Park.
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Aplopeltura at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 May 2016.
- ^ Duméril (1853). Prodrome de la classification des reptiles ophidiens, page 67.