| Pareas xuelinensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| 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]
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]
Like others of its genus, P. xuelinensis is a nocturnal invertebrate-eating snake.
The specific epithet xuelinensis refers to Xuelin Township, the type locality of the species. [3]
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