Aplopeltura boa ( Boie, 1828 )

Zijia, Hong, Anuar, Shahrul, Grismer, L. Lee & Quah, Evan S. H., 2021, Preliminary report on the herpetofaunal diversity of Batu Hampar Recreational Forest, Kedah, Malaysia, Check List 17 (3), pp. 791-814 : 803

Aplopeltura boa ( Boie, 1828)

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Materials examined. MALAYSIA – Kedah • Batu Hampar Recreational Forest ; 05.1966°N, 100.5827°E; 40 m a.s.l.; 8.X.2018; Evan S. H. Quah, Hong Zijia leg.; 1 juvenile, USMHC 2481 .

Identification and natural history. One juvenile ( SVL 197 mm, TL 95 mm) matched Tweedie’s (1983) and Das’s (2015) diagnosis in having a slender and laterally compressed body; short and rounded head, distinct from the neck; two preoculars; two postoculars; 2–3 loreals; 8–10 supralabials which are separated by a row of subocular scales from the eye; 11 infralabials; large eye, where the diameter of orbit is longer than snout length; smooth dorsals; 13 midbody scale rows; 148–191 ventrals; 88–131 undivided subcaudals; anal scale entire; greyish-brown dorsum; large cream spots on flanks; dark brown fore- head; cream labials; cream patch under eye with dark subtriangular area and dark grey venter. The specimen was found crawling on ferns by trail at night.