Common slug snake
Appearance
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
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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]
References
- ^ a b c d IUCN Bangladesh (2015). Red List of Bangladesh. Volume 4: Reptiles and Amphibians (PDF). p. 162. ISBN 978-984-34-0737-5.
- ^ Cantor, T. E. (1839). "Spicilegium serpentium indicorum". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 7: 31–34.
- ^ a b c Pareas monticola at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 November 2021.
- ^ a b "Pareas monticola (Cantor, 1839)". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 24 November 2021.