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Common slug snake
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Pareidae
Genus:	Pareas
Species:	P. monticola
Binomial name
Pareas monticola (Cantor, 1839)
Synonyms
Dipsas monticola

The common slug snake, Assam snail eater, Assam snail-eater snake, or montane slug-eating snake (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. It is also reported from north-eastern and south-eastern Bangladesh. The species was first described by Theodore Cantor in 1839.

Pareas monticola is a nocturnal and arboreal snake that typically occurs in low vegetation and preys on slugs and snails.

References

1. 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.
2. Cantor, T. E. (1839). "Spicilegium serpentium indicorum". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 7: 31–34.
3. ^ Pareas monticola at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 November 2021.
4. ^ "Pareas monticola (Cantor, 1839)". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
5. ^ IUCN Bangladesh (2015). Red List of Bangladesh. Volume 4: Reptiles and Amphibians (PDF). p. 162. ISBN 978-984-34-0737-5.

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