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title: "Keeled Slug Snake"
description: "Pareas carinatus — Reptiles. The keeled slug-eating snake (Pareas carinatus) is a species of snake in the family Pareidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/keeled-slug-snake
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Keeled Slug Snake

> Pareas carinatus — Reptiles. The keeled slug-eating snake (Pareas carinatus) is a species of snake in the family Pareidae.

- Scientific name: *Pareas carinatus*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptiles)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 928
- Wikidata: [Q69528](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q69528)
- iNaturalist taxon: [29133](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/29133)

## Names

- en: Keeled Slug Snake
- de: Gekielte Schneckennatter

## Countries with the most observations

ID (732), TH (98), MY (26), MM (3)

## Summary

The keeled slug-eating snake (Pareas carinatus) is a species of snake in the family Pareidae. It is relatively widespread in Southeast Asia, from southern China (Yunnan) to Burma and Indochina to the Malay Archipelago (Borneo, Java, Lombok, Sumatra, Bali). Two subspecies are recognized: P. c. carinatus and P. c. unicolor, the latter being confined to Cambodia.
Keeled slug-eating snakes live in or near forests. They are nocturnal and mostly arboreal, and as the common name suggests, they feed exclusively on snails and slugs. They are oviparous.
While the species is negatively affected by forest destruction, IUCN considers…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareas_carinatus

## Photo

![Keeled Slug Snake](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/keeled-slug-snake/medium.jpg)

Photo: Henry Hart · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/259552123

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/keeled-slug-snake?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).