Pareas

Pareas
Pareas carinatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Pareatinae
Genus: Pareas
Wagler, 1830[1]
Species

11 recognized species, see article.

Pareas is a genus of snakes in the Colubridae family, subfamily Pareatinae (treated also as its own family, family Pareatidae), from Asia. They are all harmless to humans.

Species

It contains the following species:[2][3]

References

  1. Wagler (1830). Nat. Syst. Amph., page 181.
  2. Pareas at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  3. Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de
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