Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk). Latest update: January 21st, 2026. Taxonomy of the family Pareidae Bibliography of the genus Aplopeltura Biodiversity of the family Pareidae Genus Aplopeltura Blunt-headed Slug Eater Kurzkopf-Schneckennatter Asiatisk Butsnudet Sneglesnog 1843 Aspidocercus Fitzinger [nomen oblitum] (type species: Amblycephalus boa Boie 1828; syn. Williams, Wallach & Boundy 2014) 1853 Aplopeltura Dumeril (type species: Amblycephalus boa Boie 1828) Contents: 1 species, which is not endemic. Endemism: 0% 100% Distribution: As for the single species. 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 Aplopeltura boa Blunt-headed Slug Eater, Blunt-headed Slug-eating Snake, Blunt-headed Tree Snake, Boa Blunthead Asiatische Kurzkopf-Schneckennatter Asiatisk Butsnudet Sneglesnog 1828 Amblycephalus boa Boie Dipsas boa Schlegel 1837 Haplopeltura boa Boettger 1892 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. Aplopeltura boa © Henrik Bringsøe