Common slug snake | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Pareidae |
Genus: | Pareas |
Species: | P. monticola |
Binomial name | |
Pareas monticola | |
Synonyms | |
Dipsas monticola |
The common slug snake, [3] Assam snail eater, [4] Assam snail-eater snake, or montane slug-eating snake [1] (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] [1] 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. [1]
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