Pareas
| Pareas | |
|---|---|
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| 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 | |
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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]
- Pareas boulengeri (Angel, 1920) — Boulenger's slug snake
- Pareas carinatus (H. Boie, 1828) — keeled slug snake
- Pareas chinensis (Barbour, 1912) — Chinese slug snake
- Pareas formosensis (Van Denburgh, 1909) — Formosa slug snake
- Pareas hamptoni (Boulenger, 1905) — Hampton's slug snake
- Pareas iwasakii (Maki, 1937) — Iwasaki's snail-eater
- Pareas macularius Theobald, 1868 — spotted slug snake (=P. margaritophorus (Jan, 1866))
- Pareas monticola (Cantor, 1839) — common slug snake
- Pareas nigriceps Guo & Deng, 2009 — Xiaoheishan slug-eater snake
- Pareas nuchalis Boulenger, 1900
- Pareas stanleyi (Boulenger, 1914) — Stanley's slug snake
References
- ↑ Wagler (1830). Nat. Syst. Amph., page 181.
- ↑ Pareas at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ↑ Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de
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