Mountain Slug Snake
Pareas margaritophorus
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Non-constrictor
- Type
- Other
- Family
- Pareidae
- Genus
- Pareas
- Continents
- Asia
- Countries
- 8
- How common
- Common
About
Mountain Slug Snake (Pareas margaritophorus) is a non-venomous snake of the family Pareidae, found in Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia and 3 more. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical montane forest and 25 more. Common: recorded in 255 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 Lowland Forest
- Tropical Montane Forest
- Montane Rainforest
- Cloud Forest
- 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
- Sumatra Rainforest
- Sumatra Montane Rainforest
- Sumatra Peat Swamp Forest
- Malay Peninsula Rainforest
- Malay Peninsula Montane Forest
- Thailand Tropical 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.