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Species of Thailand

Keeled slug snake

Pareas carinatus, Heinrich Boie, 1828

(In Thai: งูกินทากเกล็ดสัน, ngu gin thaag gled sann)

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Scientific classification

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Reptilia
Order
Squamata
Suborder
Serpentes
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Pareas
Species
Pareas carinatus

Common names

  • German: Gekielte Schneckennatter
  • English:
    • Keeled slug snake
    • Keeled slug-eating snake
  • Thai: งูกินทากเกล็ดสัน, ngu gin thaag gled sann

Subspecies

  • Pareas carinatus carinatus, Heinrich Boie, 1830

  • Pareas carinatus unicolor, René Léon Bourret, 1934

Synonyms

  • Pareas carinatus, Van Stanley Bartholomew Wallach et al. (2014)
  • Pareas carinatus unicolor, Nguyen Van Sang et al. (2009)
  • Pareas carinatus carinatus, Nguyen Van Sang et al. (2009)
  • Pareas carinatus, Karl Patterson Schmidt & Kunz (2005)
  • Pareas carinatus carinatus, Tanya Chan-Ard et al. (1999)
  • Pareas carinatus, Merel J. Cox et al. (1998)
  • Pareas carinatus, Ulrich Manthey & Wolfgang Grossmann (1997)
  • Pareas carinatus carinatus, Georg Haas (1950)
  • Pareas carinatus, Malcolm Arthur Smith (1943)
  • Amblycephalus carinatus, Felix Kopstein (1936)

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Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN3.1)

Least Concern (IUCN3.1)

Photos

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Pareas carinatus - Mueang Krabi District, Krabi

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Pareas carinatus - Mueang Krabi District, Krabi
Pareas carinatus - Khao Sok National Park

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Pareas carinatus - Khao Sok National Park
Pareas carinatus carinatus (juvenile) - Yong Waterfall National Park

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Pareas carinatus carinatus (juvenile) - Yong Waterfall National Park

Range Map

Distribution map of Keeled slug snake, Pareas carinatus in Thailand
  • Bang Lang National Park
  • Betong District, Yala
  • Hala-Bala Wildlife Sanctuary
  • Huai Yang Waterfall National Park
  • Kaeng Krachan National Park
  • Kapong District, Phang Nga
  • Kathu District, Phuket
  • Khanom District, Nakhon Si Thammarat
  • Khao Banthat Wildlife Sanctuary
  • Khao Luang National Park
  • Khao Sok National Park
  • Khlong Yan Wildlife Sanctuary (s/e)
  • Kui Buri National Park
  • Lam Nam Kra Buri National Park
  • Mueang Krabi District, Krabi
  • Mueang Ranong District, Ranong
  • Ngao Waterfall National Park
  • Sadao District, Songkhla
  • Si Banphot District, Phatthalung
  • Suan Phueng District, Ratchaburi
  • Tha Sae District, Chumphon
  • Thong Pha Phum National Park
  • Waeng District, Narathiwat
  • Yong Waterfall National Park

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Range map of Pareas carinatus in Thailand