Pareas
| Pareas | |
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| Pareas carinatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Pareidae |
| Genus: | Pareas Wagler, 1830[1] |
| Species | |
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14 recognized species, see article. | |
Pareas is a genus of Asian snakes in the family Pareidae. All species in the genus Pareas are harmless to humans.
Species
Pareas contains the following species:[2][3]
- Pareas atayal You, Poyarkov & Lin, 2015
- Pareas boulengeri (Angel, 1920)
- Pareas carinatus (H. Boie, 1828)
- Pareas chinensis (Barbour, 1912)
- Pareas formosensis (Van Denburgh, 1909)
- Pareas hamptoni (Boulenger, 1905)
- Pareas iwasakii (Maki, 1937)
- Pareas komaii (Maki, 1931)
- Pareas margaritophorus (Jan, 1866)
- Pareas monticola (Cantor, 1839)
- Pareas nigriceps Guo & Deng, 2009
- Pareas nuchalis (Boulenger, 1900)
- Pareas stanleyi (Boulenger, 1914)
- Pareas vindumi G. Vogel, 2015
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Pareas.
References
- ^ Wagler J (1830). Natürliches System der AMPHIBIEN, mit vorangehender Classification der SÄUGTHIERE und VÖGEL. Ein Beitrag zur vergleichenden Zoologie. Munich, Stuttgart and Tübingen: J.G. Cotta. vi + 354 pp. + one plate. (Pareas, new genus, p. 181). (in German and Latin).
- ^ Pareas at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 12 May 2013.
- ^ "Pareas ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de
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