Pareas monticola (Cantor, 1839)

Hakim, Jonathan, Trageser, Scott J., Ghose, Animesh, Rashid, Sheikh Muhammad Abdur & Rahman, Shahriar Caesar, 2020, Amphibians and reptiles from Lawachara National Park in Bangladesh, Check List 16 (5), pp. 1239-1268 : 1260-1261

Pareas monticola (Cantor, 1839)

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Material examined. BANGLADESH • 1 adult; Sylhet Division, Moulvibazar District, Kamalganj Upazila, LNP, trail behind Janki Chora ; 24°18.65′N, 091°46.53′E; 24 Jun. 2015; 19:43; photo voucher ZRC ( IMG) 3.368 .

Identification. This is a small, slender slug snake identified by its characteristic stout head with short blunt nose, seven supralabials, black double eye stripe, and indistinct dark bars on brown dorsum ( Das 2010). One of our specimens was unusual for P. monticola in having two preoculars and a subocular which prevents either the loreal or the supralabials from contacting the orbit.

Habitat. We often found P. monticola in the mature forest, both on the forest floor and sitting on vegetation 30– 120 cm above the ground. Specimens were also found in

degraded forest.