Pareas
Pareas is a genus of Asian snakes in the family Pareidae. Members of the genus are dietary specialists mainly or exclusively feeding on snails, hence their common name, slug snakes. All species in the genus Pareas are harmless to humans.
Species
Pareas contains the following species:Pareas abros Pareas andersonii – Anderson's slug snakePareas atayal – Atayal slug-eating snakePareas baiseensis Pareas berdmorei – Mengla snail-eating snakePareas boulengeri – Boulenger's slug snakePareas capitulatus - narrow-headed snail-eating snakePareas carinatus – keeled slug snakePareas chinensis – Chinese slug snakePareas dulongjiangensis – Dulongjiang slug‐eating snakePareas formosensis – Formosa slug snake, Taiwan slug snakePareas guanyinshanensis – Guanyinshan slug-eating snakePareas hamptoni – Hampton's slug snakePareas iwasakii Pareas kaduri Pareas komaii – Formosa slug snakePareas kuznetsovorum Pareas macularius – mountain slug snakePareas margaritophorus – mountain slug snakePareas modestus Pareas monticola – common slug snakePareas niger – black snail-eating snake, Mengzi snail-eating snakePareas nigriceps – Xiaoheishan slug-eater snakePareas nuchalis Pareas stanleyi – Stanley's slug snakePareas temporalis Pareas tigerinus – tiger slug‐eating snakePareas victorianus – Victoria slug snakePareas vindumi – Vindum's slug eaterPareas xuelinensis Pareas yunnanensis – Yunnan slug snakeNota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Pareas.