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Pareas iwasakii (Maki, 1937)

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Pareas iwasakii (Maki, 1937)
Name authority
(Maki, 1937)
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Reptilia
Order
Squamata
Family
Pareidae
Genus
Pareas
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
  9. orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
  10. suborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758
  11. infraorderAlethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923
  12. familyPareidae
  13. genusPareas
  14. speciesPareas iwasakii (Maki, 1937)

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Pareas. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Chinese Slug SnakePareas chinensis (Barbour, 1912)PareidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Hampton's Slug SnakePareas hamptoni (Boulenger, 1905)PareidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Xiaoheishan slug-eater snakePareas nigriceps Guo & Deng, 2009PareidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Vindum’s Slug EaterPareas vindumi Vogel, 2015PareidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Keeled Slug SnakePareas carinatus Wagler, 1830PareidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Anderson’s Slug SnakePareas andersonii Boulenger, 1888PareidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Mengla Snail-eating SnakePareas berdmorei Theobald, 1868PareidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Pareas kaduri Bhosale, Phansalkar, Sawant, Gowande, Patel & Mirza, 2020PareidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Black Snail-eating SnakePareas niger (Pope, 1928)PareidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Tiger slug-eating snakePareas tigerinus Liu, Zhang, Poyarkov, Hou, Wu, Rao, Nguyen & Vogel, 2023PareidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Pareas kuznetsovorum Poyarkov, Yushchenko & Nguyen, 2022PareidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Pareas dabieshanensis Zhang, Pan & Zhang, 2025PareidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 32 records assigned to Pareidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Amblycephalus formosensis iwasakii Maki, 1937 Maki, 1937synonym

Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

Japan (S Ryukyu Islands: Yaeyama Group)

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Pareas&species=iwasakii Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:4DK88. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.