Pareas carinatus

Keeled slug-eating snake
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Pareidae
Genus:	Pareas
Species:	P. carinatus
Binomial name
	Pareas carinatus; (Boie, 1828)
Synonyms
	Amblycephalus carinatus Boie, 1828

The keeled slug-eating snake (Pareas carinatus) is a species of snake in the family Pareidae. It is relatively widespread in Southeast Asia, from southern China (Yunnan) to Burma and Indochina to the Malay Archipelago (Borneo, Java, Lombok, Sumatra, Bali).^[1]^[2] Two subspecies are recognized: P. c. carinatus and P. c. unicolor, the latter being confined to Cambodia.^[2]

Keeled slug-eating snakes live in or near forests. They are nocturnal and mostly arboreal, and as the common name suggests, they feed exclusively on snails and slugs. They are oviparous.^[1]

While the species is negatively affected by forest destruction, IUCN considers these effects to be localized and not threatening the species.^[1]

Gallery

Khao Sok National Park
Kaeng Krachan District, Thailand

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Wogan, G.; Vogel, G. (2012). "Pareas carinatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T192235A2059305. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T192235A2059305.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b Pareas carinatus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

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[iucn_status_19_November_2021-1] Wogan, G.; Vogel, G. (2012). "Pareas carinatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T192235A2059305. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T192235A2059305.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.

[NRDB-2] Pareas carinatus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

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