Photo of a Spotted Slug Snake (Pareas macularius)
Photo: Parinya Pawangkhanant, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist

Spotted Slug Snake

Pareas macularius

Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Non-constrictor
Type
Other
Family
Pareidae
Genus
Pareas
Continents
Asia
Countries
6
How common
Common

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About

Spotted Slug Snake (Pareas macularius) is a non-venomous snake of the family Pareidae, found in China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and 1 more. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical montane forest and 20 more. Common: recorded in 76 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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