Aplopeltura boa

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordo: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Pareidae
Subfamilia: Pareinae
Genus: Aplopeltura
Species: Aplopeltura boa
Name

Aplopeltura boa (Boie, 1828)

Holotype: RMNH 984, collected by H. Boie between 15-29 July 1827.
Type locality: “Parang”, Java.

Combinations

Amblycephalus boa Boie, 1828: 1034 [original combination]
Dipsas boa Schlegel, 1837: 284 [subsequent combination]
Aplopeltura boa Duméril, 1853: 463 [subsequent combination]
Haplopeltura boa Boettger 1892: 134 [nomen emendatum].

References
Primary references

Boie, H. 1828. Auszüge aus Briefen von Heinrich Boie zu Java an Hermann Schlegel, Conservator anim. vertebr. am Königl. niederl. Museum. lsis von Oken, Jena, 21(10): 1025–1035. BHL Open access Reference page.

Additional references

Boettger, O. 1892. Listen von Kriechtieren und Lurchen aus dem tropischen Asien und aus Papuasien. Bericht über die Tätigkeit des Offenbach Verein für Naturkunde in den Vereinsjahren 2 Mai. 1887 bis 6 Mai 1891, Offenbach. 29–32: 65–164. Reference page.
Boundy, J. 2021. Snakes of the World: A Supplement. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group: Boca Raton, Florida. 273 pp. ISBN 9781138618138 ebook Paywall Reference page.
Duméril, A.M.C. 1853. Prodrome de la classification des reptiles ophidiens. Mémoires de l'Académie de Sciences de l'Institut de France 23: 399–536. BHL Reference page.
Schlegel, H. 1837. Essai sur la physionomie des serpens. Partie Descriptive. Volume 2. M.H. Schonekat: Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 606 pp. BHL Reference page.
Wallach, V., Williams, K.L. & Boundy, J. 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group: Boca Raton, Florida. 1237 pp. ISBN 9781138034006 ebook Paywall Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Aplopeltura boa. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 July 2019.
Grismer, L., Diesmos, A.C., Gonzalez, J.C., Jose, R. & Inger, R.F. 2012. IUCN: Aplopeltura boa (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T176342A1440473. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T176342A1440473.en

Vernacular names
English: Bluntheaded Slug Snake