Photo of a Common Slug Snake (Pareas monticola)
Photo: pushengtong, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist

Common Slug Snake

Pareas monticola

Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Non-constrictor
Type
Other
Family
Pareidae
Genus
Pareas
Continents
Asia
Countries
4
How common
Recorded in 29 places on iNaturalist

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About

Common Slug Snake (Pareas monticola) is a non-venomous snake of the family Pareidae, found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal. It lives in habitats such as tropical montane forest, montane rainforest, tropical seasonal forest, subtropical forest and 11 more. Recorded in 29 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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