Pareas abros

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Pareidae
Subfamilia: Pareinae
Genus: Pareas
Species: Pareas abros

Name

Pareas abros Poyarkov, Nguyen, Vogel & Orlov in Poyarkov et al., 2022: 65

• Holotype: ZMMU R-16393 (field number NAP-08867), adult ♂, collected by N.A. Poyarkov on 5 May 2019.
• Type locality: “the montane evergreen tropical forest near the offsprings of the Paete River, within the Song Thanh N.P., La Dee Commune, Nam Giang District, Quang Nam Province, central Vietnam (N 15.53353, E 107.38434; elevation 1083 m asl.)”.
• Paratypes (2): ZMMU R-16392 (field number NAP-06251), adult ♂, and ZMMU R-14788 (field number NAP-06252), adult ♀, both collected by N.A. Poyarkov and N.L. Orlov on 11–17 September 2015 from “the montane evergreen tropical forest within the Sao La Nature Reserve, A Roang area, A Luoi Distict, Thua Thien – Hue Province, central Vietnam (N 16.10334, E 107.444453; elevation 796 m asl.)”.

References

Primary references

• Poyarkov, N.A., Nguyen, T.V., Pawangkhanant, P., Yushchenko, P.V., Brakels, P., Nguyen, L.H., Nguyen, H.N., Suwannapoom, C., Orlov, N.L. & Vogel, G. 2022. An integrative taxonomic revision of slug-eating snakes (Squamata: Pareidae: Pareineae) reveals unprecedented diversity in Indochina. PeerJ 10: e12713. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.12713 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Pareas abros. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 April 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Cute Slug-eating Snake