Pareas macularius

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Spotted Slug Snake
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Serpentes Family: Colubridae Genus: Pareas Species: macularius
Binomial name
Pareas macularius Theobald, 1868

The Spotted Slug Snake Pareas macularius is a species of snake found in India (Darjeeling), Bangladesh, Myanmar (= Burma), Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, N West Malaysia and S China (Yunnan, Guangxi, Guangdong). Race tamdaoensis: Vietnam; Type locality: TL Tam Dao, N Vietnam [tamdaoensis].

[edit] References

• Theobald, WILLIAM 1868 Catalogue of the reptiles of British Birna, embracing the provinces of Pegu, Martaban, and Tenasserim; with descriptions of new or little-known species. Jour. Linnean Soc., London, Zool., 10: 4-67.