Pareas melanops

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pareoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Pareoidea

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

Name

Pareas melanops Liu, Li, Yang & Rao, 2025: 3

• Holotype: KIZ 2024092, adult ♂, collected by Shuo Liu on 28 August 2024.
• Type locality: “Mangdi Village, Hepai Township, Gengma County, Lincang City, Yunnan Province, China, 23°29’58”N, 99°18’45”E, 1,940 m”.

References

Primary references

• Liu, S., Li, Z.-M., Yang, T. & Rao, D.-Q. 2025. A new species of Pareas (Squamata: Pareidae) from southwestern Yunnan, China. Zoologia 42: e24068. DOI: 10.1590/S1984-4689.v42.e24068 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Black-eyed Slug-eating Snake