Common slug snake

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Common slug snake
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Pareidae
Genus: Pareas
Species:
P. monticola
Binomial name
Pareas monticola
(Cantor, 1839) [2]
Synonyms

Dipsas monticola

The common slug snake, [3] Assam snail eater, [4] Assam snail-eater snake, or montane slug-eating snake [5] (Pareas monticola) is a species of snake found in Northeast India (Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Darjeeling, Arunachal Pradesh), eastern Nepal, Bhutan, China (Tibet, Yunnan), Myanmar, and Vietnam. Its type locality is "Naga Hills, Asám" (=Assam), India. [3] It is also reported from north-eastern and south-eastern Bangladesh. [4] [5] The species was first described by Theodore Cantor in 1839. [3]

Pareas monticola is a nocturnal and arboreal snake that typically occurs in low vegetation and preys on slugs and snails. [5]

References

  1. ↑ Rao, D.-Q.; Lau, M.; Khan, M.; Ghosh, A. (2021). "Pareas monticola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021 e.T192079A2037129. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T192079A2037129.en . Retrieved 4 October 2024.
  2. ↑ Cantor, T. E. (1839). "Spicilegium serpentium indicorum". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 7: 31–34.
  3. 1 2 3 Pareas monticola at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 24 November 2021.
  4. 1 2 "Pareas monticola (Cantor, 1839)". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  5. 1 2 3 IUCN Bangladesh (2015). Red List of Bangladesh. Volume 4: Reptiles and Amphibians (PDF). IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Bangladesh Country Office. p. 162. ISBN   978-984-34-0737-5.


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