Photo of a Boulenger's Slug Snake (Pareas boulengeri)
Photo: Amaël Borzée, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist

Boulenger's Slug Snake

Pareas boulengeri

Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Non-constrictor
Type
Other
Family
Pareidae
Genus
Pareas
Continents
Asia
Countries
1
How common
Common

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About

Boulenger's Slug Snake (Pareas boulengeri) is a non-venomous snake of the family Pareidae, found in China. It lives in habitats such as tropical montane forest, montane rainforest, temperate deciduous forest, temperate mixed forest and 13 more. Common: recorded in 111 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

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