Wildlifeof China
Pareas tigerinus
Colubrid Snakes
Photo: Liu, S., Zhang, D., Poyarkov, N. A., Hou, M., Wu, L., Rao, D., Nguyen, T. V., & Vogel, G. (2023). Resurrection of Pareas yunnanensis (Vogt, 1922) with description of a new species of Pareas from Yunnan Province, China (Squamata, Pareidae). European Journal of Taxonomy, 860(1), 1–26. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2023.860.2045 · CC BY 4.0
Pareas tigerinus
Basic stats
Diet
Snails and slugs
Habitat
Nocturnal, semi-arboreal
Range
Yunnan, China (endemic)
The tiger slug-eating snake (Pareas tigerinus) is a non-venomous snake endemic to China, recorded in Yunnan. (The Reptile Database; Wikipedia, general species account)
The head is solid black or red-brown with a large black band on the nape, and the sides are yellow with two or three black spots near the mouth. The back is light brown to yellow-orange with about 80 dark vertical bars on the trunk and tail. It is a nocturnal, semi-arboreal, oviparous snail and slug specialist. (Wikipedia, general species account)
Quick answers
- What does the Pareas tigerinus eat?
- Snails and slugs
- What habitat does the Pareas tigerinus live in?
- Nocturnal, semi-arboreal
- Where is the Pareas tigerinus found?
- Yunnan, China (endemic)