Pareas carinatus
| Keeled slug-eating snake | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Family: | Lamprophiidae |
| Genus: | Pareas |
| Species: | P. carinatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Pareas carinatus (Boie, 1828) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Amblycephalus carinatus Boie, 1828 | |
The keeled slug-eating snake, Pareas carinatus, is a species of snake in the Colubridae family. 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]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Wogan, G. & Vogel, G. (2012). "Pareas carinatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
- 1 2 Pareas carinatus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
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