NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Keeled Slug Snake
Pareas carinatus Wagler, 1830
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.
Open encyclopedia reference
The keeled slug-eating snake (Pareas carinatus) is a species of snake in the family Pareidae. It is relatively widespread in Southeast Asia, from southern China (Yunnan) to Burma and Indochina to the Malay Archipelago (Borneo, Java, Lombok, Sumatra, Bali). Two subspecies are recognized: P. c. carinatus and P. c. unicolor, the latter being confined to Cambodia.
Keeled slug-eating snakes live in or near forests. They are nocturnal and mostly arboreal, and as the common name suggests, they feed exclusively on snails and slugs. They are oviparous.
While the species is negatively affected by forest destruction, IUCN considers these effects to be localized and not threatening the species.
Wikipedia contributors, Pareas carinatus; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T08:10:36.062706+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Pareas carinatus Wagler, 1830
- Name authority
- Wagler, 1830
- Common name
- Keeled Slug Snake
- 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.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758
- infraorderAlethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923
- familyPareidae
- genusPareas
- speciesPareas carinatus Wagler, 1830
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Pareas. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Chinese Slug SnakePareas chinensis (Barbour, 1912) | PareidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hampton's Slug SnakePareas hamptoni (Boulenger, 1905) | PareidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pareas iwasakii (Maki, 1937) | PareidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Xiaoheishan slug-eater snakePareas nigriceps Guo & Deng, 2009 | PareidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Vindum’s Slug EaterPareas vindumi Vogel, 2015 | PareidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Anderson’s Slug SnakePareas andersonii Boulenger, 1888 | PareidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mengla Snail-eating SnakePareas berdmorei Theobald, 1868 | PareidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pareas kaduri Bhosale, Phansalkar, Sawant, Gowande, Patel & Mirza, 2020 | PareidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Black Snail-eating SnakePareas niger (Pope, 1928) | PareidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tiger slug-eating snakePareas tigerinus Liu, Zhang, Poyarkov, Hou, Wu, Rao, Nguyen & Vogel, 2023 | PareidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pareas kuznetsovorum Poyarkov, Yushchenko & Nguyen, 2022 | PareidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pareas dabieshanensis Zhang, Pan & Zhang, 2025 | PareidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Amblycephalus carinatus Boie ex Schlegel, 1828 Boie ex Schlegel, 1828 | synonym |
| Amblycephalus carinatus Boie ex Schlegel, 1826 Boie ex Schlegel, 1826 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
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.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Pareas&species=carinatus 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:88WGH. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.