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Taxonomy of the genus Pareas Biodiversity of the family Pareidae

Bibliography of the genus
Pareas (Typical Oriental Slug Eaters)

(Reptilia: Serpentes: Pareidae)

Note: In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted.


Pareas in general

Dring, J.C.M.; McCarthy, C.J.; Whitten, A.J. 1990. The terrestrial herpetofauna of the Mentawai Islands, Indonesia. Indo-Malayan Zoology 6(1): 119-132.

Guo, Y.; Wu, Y.; He, S.P.; Shi, H.; Zhao, E.M. 2011. Systematics and molecular phylogenetics of Asian snail-eating snakes (Pareatidae). Zootaxa 3001: 57-64.

Hoser, R.T. 2012. A new genus of Asian snail-eating snake (Serpentes: Pareatidae). Australasian Journal of Herpetology 12: 12-15.

Ota, H. 1999. Karyotype of Pareas iwasakii: the first chromosomal description of a pareatine snake (Colubridae). Japanese Journal of Herpetology 18(1): 16-18.

Ota, H.; Bogadek, A.; Lau, M.W. 1997. Comments on the taxonomic status of the montane Pareas from Hong Kong (Squamata: Colubridae). Journal of Taiwan Museum 50(2): 85-91.

Ota, H.; Lin, J.T.; Hirata, T.; Chen, S.L. 1997. Systematic review of colubrid snakes of the genus Pareas in the east Asian islands. Journal of Herpetology 31(1): 79-87.

Rao, D.Q.; Yang, D.T. 1992. Phylogenetic systematics of Pareinae (serpents) of southeastern Asia and adjacent islands with relationship between it and the geology changes. (In Chinese, English summary). Acta Zoologica Sinica 38(2): 139-150.

Savage, J.M. 2015. What are the correct family names for the taxa that include the snake general Xenodermus, Pareas, and Calamaria? Herpetological Review 46(4): 664-665.

Wall, F. 1922. A review of the Indian species of Amblycephalus. Records of the Indian Museum 24: 19-27.

Pareas atayal

You, C.W.; Poyarkov, N.A.; Lin, S.M. 2015. Diversity of the snail-eating snakes Pareas (Serpentes, Pareatidae) from Taiwan. Zoologica Scripta 44(4): 349-361.

Pareas boulengeri

Chen, X.H.; Zhu, M.W.; Hou, M.G.; Qu, W.Y. 2006. [A new record of Colubridae family, Pareas boulengeri, in Henan Province]. (In Chinese). Sichuan Journal of Zoology 25(2): 269.

Guo, K.J.; Deng, X.J. 2006. [A new record of Colubridae family, Pareas boulengeri, in Hunan Province]. (In Chinese). Sichuan Journal of Zoology 25(2): 270.

Pan, T.; Zhou, W.L.; Shi, W.B.; Zhao, K.; Chen, J.Y.; Wang, W.G.; Chu, J.; Pu, F.G.; Gu, C.M.; Zhang, B. 2014. [Species richness of amphibians and reptiles in Dabie Mountains, China]. (In Chinese). Chinese Journal of Zoology 49(2): 195-206.

Song, M. 1987. [Survey of the reptiles of southern Shaanxi]. (In Chinese, English summary). Acta Herpetologica Sinica 6(1): 59-64.

Pareas carinatus

Auliya, M. 2004. A first record of Pareas carinatus Wagler, 1830 (Serpentes: Colubridae: Pareatinae) on Bali, with notes on a tropical snake community. Hamadryad 29(1): 135-137.

Bourret, R. 1934. Notes herpétologiques sur l'Indochine francaise. IV. Sur une collection d'ophidiens de Cochinchine et du Cambodge. Bulletin General de l'Instruction Publique (Hanoi) 14(1): 5-17.

Brongersma, L.D. 1956. Dipsadinae van de Indisch Archipel. Versl. gewone Vergad. Akad. Amst. 65(4): 50-52.

Danaisawadi, P.; Asami, T.; Ota, H.; Sutcharit, C.; Panha, S. 2015. Subtle asymmetries in the snail-eating snake Pareas carinatus (Reptilia: Pareatidae). Journal of Ethology 33(3): 243-246.

Danaisawadi, P.; Asami, T.; Ota, H.; Sutcharit, C.; Panha, S. 2016. Predatory behavior of the Snail-eating Snake Pareas carinatus (Boie, 1828) (Squamata: Pareidae): an ethogram study. Tropical Natural History 16(1): 21-31.

Götz, M. 2001. Die Schneckennatter Pareas carinatus Wagler, 1830 - Terrarienhaltung, Beutefangverhalten und Zucht. Salamandra 37(1): 49-58.

Götz, M. 2002. The feeding behavior of the snail-eating snake Pareas carinatus Wagler 1830 (Squamata: Colubridae). Amphibia-Reptilia 23(4): 487-493.

Pareas chinensis

Guo, Y.; Wu, Y.; He, S.P.; Shi, H.; Zhao, E.M. 2011. Systematics and molecular phylogenetics of Asian snail-eating snakes (Pareatidae). Zootaxa 3001: 57-64.

Ota, H.; Bogadek, A.; Lau, M.W. 1997. Comments on the taxonomic status of the montane Pareas from Hong Kong (Squamata: Colubridae). Journal of Taiwan Museum 50(2): 85-91.

Pope, C.H. 1928. Four new Snakes and a new Lizard from South China. American Museum Novitates 325: 1-4.

Rao, D.Q.; Yang, D.T. 1992. Phylogenetic systematics of Pareinae (serpents) of southeastern Asia and adjacent islands with relationship between it and the geology changes. (In Chinese, English summary). Acta Zoologica Sinica 38(2): 139-150.

Pareas formosensis

Jiang, Y. 2004. [Pareas chinensis (Barbour, 1912) should be a junior synonym of Pareas formosensis (VanDenburgh, 1909)]. (In Chinese). Sichuan Journal of Zoology 23(3): 209-210.

Lue, K.Y.; Lai, J.S. 1992. Note about the clutch size of Pareas formosensis (Colubridae: Squamata). Journal of Taiwan Museum 45(1): 61-63.

Steindachner, F. 1913. Über zwei neue Schlangenarten von Formosa. Anz. Akad. Wiss. Wien 50: 218-220.

You, C.W.; Poyarkov, N.A.; Lin, S.M. 2015. Diversity of the snail-eating snakes Pareas (Serpentes, Pareatidae) from Taiwan. Zoologica Scripta 44(4): 349-361.

Pareas hamptoni

Boulenger, G.A. 1905. Descriptions of two new snakes from Upper Burma. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 16: 235-236.

Brongersma, L.D. 1956. Dipsadinae van de Indisch Archipel. Versl. gewone Vergad. Akad. Amst. 65(4): 50-52.

Chan-ard, T.; Seangthianchai, T.; Makchai, S. 2011. Monitoring survey of the distribution of herpetofauna in Khao Soi Dao Wildlife Sanctuary, Chanthaburi Province, with a note on faunal comparison with the Cardamom Mt. Ranges. Thailand Natural History Museum Journal 5(1): 39-56.

Li, D. 1989. A survey of reptiles in Leigongshan area. pp. 269-275. In: Matsui, M.; Hikida, T. & Goris, R.C. (eds.). Current Herpetology in East Asia. Proceedings of the Second Japan-China Herpetological Symposium Kyoto, July 1988. Herpetological Society of Japan, Kyoto, Japan. 521 pp.

Nguyen, T.Q.; Nguyen, T.V.; Pham, C.T.; Ong, A.V.; Ziegler, T. 2018. New records of snakes (Squamata: Serpentes) from Hoa Binh Province, northwestern Vietnam. Bonn Zoological Bulletin 67(1): 15–24.

Ota, H.; Bogadek, A.; Lau, M.W. 1997. Comments on the taxonomic status of the montane Pareas from Hong Kong (Squamata: Colubridae). Journal of Taiwan Museum 50(2): 85-91.

Romer, J.D. 1966. Two colubrid snakes not previously recorded from Hong Kong. Mem. Hong Kong Nat. Hist. Soc. 7: 13-14.

Vogel, G. 2010. On the distribution of Pareas hamptoni (Boulenger, 1905) in Thailand (Serpentes: Pareatinae). Russian Journal of Herpetology 17(3): 219-222.

Pareas iwasakii

Hoso, M. 2007. Oviposition and hatchling diet of a snail-eating snake Pareas iwasakii (Colubridae: Pareatinae). Current Herpetology 26(1): 41-43.

Hoso, M.; Asami, T.; Hori, M. 2007. Right-handed snakes: convergent evolution of asymmetry for functional specialization. Biology Letters 3(2): 169-172.

Hoso, M.; Hori, M. 2006. Identification of Molluscan prey from feces of Iwasaki's slug snake, Pareas iwasakii. Herpetological Review 37(2): 174-176.

Hoso, M.; Hori, M. 2008. Divergent shell shape as an antipredator adaptation in tropical land snails. American Naturalist 172(5): 726-732.

Hoso, M.; Kakegawa, T. 2018. Natural history notes: Pareas iwasakii (Iwasaki’s Snail-eating Snake). Diet. Herpetological Review 49(4): 760-761.

Hoso, M.; Kameda, Y.; Wu, S.; Asami, T.; Kato, M.; Hori, M. 2010. A speciation gene for left-right reversal in snails results in anti-predator adaptation. Nature Communications 1 (Article 133): 1-7.

Maki, M. 1937. A new subspecies, Amblycephalus formosensis iwasakii, belonging to Amblycephalidae from Ishigaki-Tima. Transactions nat. Hist. Soc. Formosa 27(169): 217-218.

Ota, H. 1999. Karyotype of Pareas iwasakii: the first chromosomal description of a pareatine snake (Colubridae). Japanese Journal of Herpetology 18(1): 16-18.

Pareas macularius

Boulenger, G.A. 1905. Descriptions of two new snakes from Upper Burma. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 16: 235-236.

Bourret, R. 1935. Notes herpétologiques sur l'Indochine francaise. X. Les serpents de la station d'altitude du Tam-dao. Bulletin General de l'Instruction Publique (Hanoi) 14(8): 259-271.

Song, X.J.; Zhang, J.F. 2002. [New records of Serpents, Reptilia in Hainan Island, China. pp. 97-98]. (In Chinese). In: Zhou, K. Herpetologica Sinica 9. Chinese Scientific Books, Beijing. 235 pp.

Pareas margaritophorus

Brongersma, L.D. 1956. Dipsadinae van de Indisch Archipel. Versl. gewone Vergad. Akad. Amst. 65(4): 50-52.

Deuve, J. 1962. Note sur un Amblycephalus moellendorffii Boettger recueille au Laos. Bulletin de la Société Royale des Sciences Naturelles du Laos 4(5): 11-16.

Grismer, L.L.; Neang, T.; Chav, T.; Wood, P.L.; Oaks, J.R.; Holden, J.; Grismer, J.L.; Szutz, T.R.; Youmans, T.M. 2008. Additional amphibians and reptiles from the Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary in northwestern Cardamom Mountains, Cambodia, with comments on their taxonomy and the discovery of three new species. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 56(1): 161-175.

Huang, Q.Y. 2004. [Pareas macularius Theobald, 1868 should be a junior synonym of Pareas margaritophorus (Jan, 1866)]. (In Chinese). Sichuan Journal of Zoology 23(3): 207-208.

Lee, B.; Puay, K.K. 2005. Geographic distribution: Pareas margaritophorus (White-spotted Slug Snake). Herpetological Review 36(3): 340.

Pareas monticola

Mathew, R. 2005. Record of Mandarin trinket snake (Euprepiophis mandarinus) (Cantor) and Assam snail eater (Pareas monticola) (Cantor) (Colubridae: Serpentes) from Nagaland, India. Cobra (Chennai) 62: 23-24.

Orlov, N.L.; Ryabov, S.A.; Nguyen, V.S.; Nguyen, Q.T. 2003. New records and data on the poorly known snakes of Vietnam. Russian Journal of Herpetology 10(3): 217-240.

Pareas nigriceps

Guo, K.J.; Deng, X.J. 2009. A new species of Pareas (Serpentes: Colubridae: Pareatinae) from the Gaoligong Mountains, southwestern China. Zootaxa 2008: 53-60.

Pareas nuchalis

Malkmus, R. 1994. Herpetologische Beobachtungen am Mount Kinabalu, nord-Borneo. 4. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 70(2): 217-249.

Malkmus, R.; Sauer, H. 1996. Ruhestellung von Pareas nuchalis und Erstnachweis dieser Art im Nationalpark Mount Kinabalu/Malaysia. Salamandra 32(1): 55-58.

Pareas stanleyi

Boulenger, G.A. 1914. Descriptions of new species of snakes in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (London) 14: 482-485.

Guo, P.; Zhao, E. 2004. Pareas stanleyi - a record new to Sichuan, China and a key to the Chinese species. Asiatic Herpetological Research 10: 280-281.

Li, D. 1989. A survey of reptiles in Leigongshan area. pp. 269-275. In: Matsui, M.; Hikida, T. & Goris, R.C. (eds.). Current Herpetology in East Asia. Proceedings of the Second Japan-China Herpetological Symposium Kyoto, July 1988. Herpetological Society of Japan, Kyoto, Japan. 521 pp.

Pareas vindumi

Vogel, G. 2015. A new montane species of the genus Pareas Wagler, 1830 (Squamata: Pareatidae) from northern Myanmar. Taprobanica 7(1): 1-7.