Preliminary report on the herpetofaunal diversity of Batu Hampar Recreational Forest, Kedah, Malaysia Author Zijia, Hong Author Anuar, Shahrul Author Grismer, L. Lee Author Quah, Evan S. H. text Check List 2021 2021-05-25 17 3 791 814 http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/17.3.791 journal article 10.15560/17.3.791 1809-127X Aplopeltura boa ( Boie, 1828 ) Figure 6F 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.