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Pareas hamptoni

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Reptilia

Family
  
Colubridae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Species

Subphylum
  
Vertebrata

Suborder
  
Serpentes

Subfamily
  
Pareatinae

Genus
  
Pareas

Order
  
Scaled reptiles

Similar
  
Pareas, Spotted slug snake, Pareas carinatus, Scaled reptiles, Pareatinae

Pareas hamptoni, also known as Hampton's slug snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae.

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Etymology

The specific name, hamptoni, is in honor of Herbert Hampton, collector of the holotype.

Geographic range

P. hamptoni is found in Thailand, Myanmar, China, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam.

Original publication

  • Boulenger GA (1905). "Descriptions of Two New Snakes from Upper Burma". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 16: 235-236. (Amblycephalus hamptoni, new species, p. 236 + Figure 2, five views). (archive.org).
  • References

    Pareas hamptoni Wikipedia