Formosa Slug Snake
Pareas formosensis
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Non-constrictor
- Type
- Other
- Family
- Pareidae
- Genus
- Pareas
- Continents
- Asia
- Countries
- 4
- How common
- Common
About
Formosa Slug Snake (Pareas formosensis) is a non-venomous snake of the family Pareidae, found in China, Laos, Taiwan, Vietnam. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical montane forest, montane rainforest and 17 more. Common: recorded in 180 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.
- Tropical Rainforest
- Tropical Moist Forest
- Tropical Montane Forest
- Montane Rainforest
- Tropical Dry Forest
- Tropical Seasonal Forest
- Subtropical Forest
- Evergreen Forest
- Broadleaf Forest
- Bamboo Forest
- Mountain Forest
- Subalpine Forest
- Mountain Slopes
- Plateaus
- Leaf Litter
- Fallen Logs
- Indochina Dry Forest
- Indochina Rainforest
- Chinese Subtropical Forest
- Chinese Montane Forest
- Taiwan Montane Forest
Related snakes
- Pareas menglaensis
- Pareas xuelinensis
- Victoria slug snake Pareas victorianus
- Black Snail-eating Snake Pareas niger
- 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
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.