Black Snail-eating Snake
Pareas niger
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Non-constrictor
- Type
- Other
- Family
- Pareidae
- Genus
- Pareas
- Continents
- Asia
- Countries
- 1
- How common
- Recorded in 16 places on iNaturalist
About
Black Snail-eating Snake (Pareas niger) is a non-venomous snake of the family Pareidae, found in China. It lives in habitats such as tropical montane forest, montane rainforest, subtropical forest, evergreen forest and 10 more. Recorded in 16 places on iNaturalist.
Where it lives
Native range
Habitats
Estimated from where this snake is recorded and what kind of snake it is - not a confirmed habitat survey.
Related snakes
- Pareas menglaensis
- Pareas xuelinensis
- Victoria slug snake Pareas victorianus
- Pareas kaduri
- Pareas geminatus
- Di Linh slug-eating snake Pareas temporalis
- Cute slug-eating snake Pareas abros
- Kuznetsovs’ Slug-eating Snake Pareas kuznetsovorum
- Tiger slug-eating snake Pareas tigerinus
- Iwasaki's Snail-eater Pareas iwasakii
- Chinese Slug Snake Pareas chinensis
- Stanley's Slug Snake Pareas stanleyi
Stay safe: a photo or a web page can never tell you for certain that a snake is harmless. Keep your distance, never handle a wild snake, and get medical help straight away after any bite.