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title: "Formosa Slug Snake"
description: "Pareas formosensis — Rettili. Formosa slug snake or Taiwan slug snake (Pareas formosensis) is a species of non-venomous snake in the family Pareatidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/formosa-slug-snake
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Formosa Slug Snake

> Pareas formosensis — Rettili. Formosa slug snake or Taiwan slug snake (Pareas formosensis) is a species of non-venomous snake in the family Pareatidae.

- Scientific name: *Pareas formosensis*
- Category: `reptiles` (Rettili)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 712
- Wikidata: [Q3006781](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3006781)
- iNaturalist taxon: [29142](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/29142)

## Names

- en: Formosa Slug Snake

## Countries with the most observations

CN (271), TW (216), VN (116), HK (58)

## Summary

Formosa slug snake or Taiwan slug snake (Pareas formosensis) is a species of non-venomous snake in the family Pareatidae. It is endemic to Taiwan.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Ольга Зеленова · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/222846604

## Machine access

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