| Common slug snake | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Pareidae |
| Genus: | Pareas |
| Species: | P. monticola
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| Binomial name | |
| Pareas monticola | |
| Synonyms | |
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Dipsas monticola | |
The common slug snake,[3] Assam snail eater,[4] Assam snail-eater snake, or montane slug-eating snake[5] (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][5] 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.[5]
- ^ Rao, D.-Q.; Lau, M.; Khan, M.; Ghosh, A. (2021). "Pareas monticola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T192079A2037129. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T192079A2037129.en. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
- ^ Cantor, T. E. (1839). "Spicilegium serpentium indicorum". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 7: 31–34.
- ^ a b c Pareas monticola at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 November 2021.
- ^ a b "Pareas monticola (Cantor, 1839)". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ a b c IUCN Bangladesh (2015). Red List of Bangladesh. Volume 4: Reptiles and Amphibians (PDF). p. 162. ISBN 978-984-34-0737-5.