Biology:Pareas xuelinensis

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Pareas xuelinensis
Pareas xuelinensis (10.3897-zookeys.1011.59029) Figure 6 (cropped).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Pareidae
Genus: Pareas
Species:
P. xuelinensis
Binomial name
Pareas xuelinensis
Liu & Rao, 2021

Pareas xuelinensis is a small, harmless slug-eating snake native to Yunnan, China.[1]

Description

P. xuelinensis is a small snake whose scales are dusted with many small, black dots. The top of P. xuelinensis is typically orange, while the belly and sides are yellow-orange. Its irises are orange, but the pupil is black. A thin, broken, black stripe extends from the postocular scale on each side of the head to the beginning of the neck, where they connect to a much thicker line which curves forward toward the parietals. Many irregular, vertical black stripes mark the snake's sides and tail, but do not connect across the vertebral scales.[1]

Behaviour

Like others of its genus, P. xuelinensis is a nocturnal invertebrate-eating snake.

Etymology

The specific epithet xuelinensis refers to Xuelin Township, the type locality of the species.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q106612862 entry