Biology:Common slug snake

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Short description: Species of snake

Common slug snake
Scientific classification edit
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Binomial name
Pareas monticola
(Cantor, 1839)[2]
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

Wikidata ☰ Q1005831 entry