Pareas xuelinensis

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Pareas xuelinensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Pareidae
Genus: Pareas
Species:
P. xuelinensis
Binomial name
Pareas xuelinensis
Liu & Rao, 2021

Pareas xuelinensis is a small, harmless slug-eating snake native to Yunnan, China. [2]

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Description

P. xuelinensis is a small snake whose scales are dusted with many small, black dots. The top of P. xuelinensis is typically orange, while the belly and sides are yellow-orange. Its irises are orange, but the pupil is black. A thin, broken, black stripe extends from the postocular scale on each side of the head to the beginning of the neck, where they connect to a much thicker line which curves forward toward the parietals. Many irregular, vertical black stripes mark the snake's sides and tail, but do not connect across the vertebral scales. [2]

Behaviour

Like others of its genus, P. xuelinensis is a nocturnal invertebrate-eating snake.

Etymology

The specific epithet xuelinensis refers to Xuelin Township, the type locality of the species. [3]

References

  1. Ding, L. (2024). "Pareas xuelinensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2024: e.T211836753A211836768. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
  2. 1 2 Liu, Shuo (January 2021). "A new species of the genus Pareas (Squamata, Pareidae) from Yunnan, China". ZooKeys (1011): 121–138. Bibcode:2021ZooK.1011..121L. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1011.59029 . PMC   7843430 . PMID   33564273.
  3. Uetz, P.; et al. (eds.). "Pareas xuelinensis". The Reptile Database . Retrieved 2024-01-19.