Blunthead Slug Snake
Aplopeltura boa
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Non-constrictor
- Type
- Other
- Family
- Pareidae
- Genus
- Aplopeltura
- Continents
- Asia
- Countries
- 5
- How common
- Common
About
Blunthead Slug Snake (Aplopeltura boa) is a non-venomous snake of the family Pareidae, found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical montane forest and 21 more. Common: recorded in 147 places on iNaturalist.
Where it lives
Native range
Habitats
Estimated from where this snake is recorded and what kind of snake it is - not a confirmed habitat survey.
- Tropical Rainforest
- Tropical Moist Forest
- Tropical Lowland Forest
- Tropical Montane Forest
- Montane Rainforest
- Cloud Forest
- Evergreen Forest
- Mountain Forest
- Mountain Slopes
- Borneo Rainforest
- Borneo Lowland Rainforest
- Borneo Montane Rainforest
- Borneo Cloud Forest
- Borneo Heath Forest
- Borneo Dipterocarp Forest
- Borneo Limestone Forest
- Sumatra Rainforest
- Sumatra Montane Rainforest
- Sumatra Peat Swamp Forest
- Malay Peninsula Rainforest
- Malay Peninsula Montane Forest
- Thailand Tropical Forest
- Philippine Rainforest
- Java Rainforest
Related snakes
- Sabah Mountain Smooth Slug Snake Asthenodipsas stuebingi
- Pareas menglaensis
- Pareas xuelinensis
- Bornean Dark-necked Slug Snake Asthenodipsas borneensis
- Anamalai wood snake Xylophis mosaicus
- Victoria slug snake Pareas victorianus
- Black Snail-eating Snake Pareas niger
- Pareas kaduri
- Inger’s Slug Snake Asthenodipsas ingeri
- Deepak's Wood Snake Xylophis deepaki
- Pareas geminatus
- Di Linh slug-eating snake Pareas temporalis
Stay safe: a photo or a web page can never tell you for certain that a snake is harmless. Keep your distance, never handle a wild snake, and get medical help straight away after any bite.