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Keeled slug snake

Pareas carinatus

Heinrich Boie, 1828

In Thai: งูกินทากเกล็ดสัน, ngu gin thaag gled sann

The keeled slug-eating snake (Pareas carinatus) is a species of snake in the family Pareidae . It is relatively widespread in Southeast Asia, from southern China (Yunnan) to Burma and Indochina to the Malay Archipelago (Borneo, Java, Lombok, Sumatra, Bali). Two subspecies are recognized: P. c. carinatus and P. c. unicolor, the latter being confined to Cambodia.

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.

While the species is negatively affected by forest destruction, IUCN considers these effects to be localized and not threatening the species.

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Scientific classification

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Reptilia
Order
Squamata
Suborder
Serpentes
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Pareas
Species
Pareas carinatus

Common names

  • Chinese: 棱鳞钝头蛇
  • German: Gekielte Schneckennatter
  • English:
    • Keeled slug snake
    • Keeled slug-eating snake
  • Thai: งูกินทากเกล็ดสัน, ngu gin thaag gled sann

Subspecies

  • Pareas carinatus carinatus, Heinrich Boie, 1830

  • Pareas carinatus unicolor, René Léon Bourret, 1934

Synonyms

  • Pareas (Pareas) carinatus, Nikolay A. Poyarkov et al. (2022)
  • Pareas carinatus, Van Stanley Bartholomew Wallach et al. (2014)
  • Pareas carinatus unicolor, Nguyen Van Sang et al. (2009)
  • Pareas carinatus carinatus, Nguyen Van Sang et al. (2009)
  • Pareas carinatus, Karl Patterson Schmidt & Kunz (2005)
  • Pareas carinatus carinatus, Tanya Chan-Ard et al. (1999)
  • Pareas carinatus, Merel J. Cox et al. (1998)
  • Pareas carinatus, Ulrich Manthey & Wolfgang Grossmann (1997)
  • Pareas carinatus carinatus, Georg Haas (1950)
  • Pareas carinatus, Malcolm Arthur Smith (1943)

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Species in same genus

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN3.1)

Least Concern (IUCN3.1)

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Pareas carinatus - Mueang Krabi District, Krabi

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Pareas carinatus - Mueang Krabi District, Krabi
Pareas carinatus - Khao Sok National Park

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Pareas carinatus - Khao Sok National Park
Pareas carinatus carinatus (juvenile) - Yong Waterfall National Park

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Pareas carinatus carinatus (juvenile) - Yong Waterfall National Park

Range Map

Distribution map of Keeled slug snake, Pareas carinatus in Thailand
  • Bang Lang National Park
  • Betong District, Yala
  • Hala-Bala Wildlife Sanctuary
  • Huai Yang Waterfall National Park
  • Kaeng Krachan National Park
  • Kapong District, Phang Nga
  • Kathu District, Phuket
  • Khanom District, Nakhon Si Thammarat
  • Khao Banthat Wildlife Sanctuary
  • Khao Luang National Park
  • Khao Sok National Park
  • Khlong Yan Wildlife Sanctuary (s/e)
  • Kui Buri National Park
  • Lam Nam Kra Buri National Park
  • Mueang Krabi District, Krabi
  • Mueang Ranong District, Ranong
  • Ngao Waterfall National Park
  • Sadao District, Songkhla
  • Si Banphot District, Phatthalung
  • Suan Phueng District, Ratchaburi
  • Tha Sae District, Chumphon
  • Thong Pha Phum National Park
  • Waeng District, Narathiwat
  • Yong Waterfall National Park

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Range map of Pareas carinatus in Thailand