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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Pareidae |
| Genus: | Pareas |
| Species: | P. xuelinensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Pareas xuelinensis Liu & Rao, 2021
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Pareas xuelinensis is a small, harmless slug-eating snake native to Yunnan, China. [1]
Description
P. xuelinensis is a small snake whose scales are dusted with many small, black dots. The top of P. xuelinensis is typically orange, while the belly and sides are yellow-orange. Its irises are orange, but the pupil is black. A thin, broken, black stripe extends from the postocular scale on each side of the head to the beginning of the neck, where they connect to a much thicker line which curves forward toward the parietals. Many irregular, vertical black stripes mark the snake's sides and tail, but do not connect across the vertebral scales. [1]
Behaviour
Like others of its genus, P. xuelinensis is a nocturnal invertebrate-eating snake.
Etymology
The specific epithet xuelinensis refers to Xuelin Township, the type locality of the species. [2]
References
- ^ a b Liu, Shuo (January 2021). "A new species of the genus Pareas (Squamata, Pareidae) from Yunnan, China". ZooKeys (1011): 121–138. Bibcode: 2021ZooK.1011..121L. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1011.59029. PMC 7843430. PMID 33564273.
- ^ Uetz, P.; Freed, P.; Hošek, J. (eds.). "Pareas xuelinensis". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2024-01-19.
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