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Aplopeltura boa
Venom
Non-venomous
Diet
Snails, slugs
Habitat
Low vegetation and tree trunks
Range
Borneo, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia
Clutch size
2–5 eggs (typical for Pareas)
Incubation period
About 60–80 days (typical for Pareas)
Size
Small (up to 50cm)
Weight
~15–30g
A slow-moving, nocturnal snake with a genuinely remarkable dietary specialisation — feeding exclusively on snails and slugs, with an asymmetric jaw carrying more teeth on the right side than the left, an adaptation that helps extract snails from the typically right-coiled spiral of their shells.
Found in low vegetation and on tree trunks, moving slowly and deliberately while hunting, entirely harmless to humans.