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title: "Atayal Slug-eating Snake"
description: "Pareas atayal — Reptielen. Pareas atayal, also known as the Atayal slug-eating snake, is a small, harmless snake endemic to Taiwan."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/atayal-slug-eating-snake
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Atayal Slug-eating Snake

> Pareas atayal — Reptielen. Pareas atayal, also known as the Atayal slug-eating snake, is a small, harmless snake endemic to Taiwan.

- Scientific name: *Pareas atayal*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptielen)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 640
- Wikidata: [Q21011664](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21011664)
- iNaturalist taxon: [517749](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/517749)

## Names

- en: Atayal Slug-eating Snake

## Countries with the most observations

TW (605)

## Summary

Pareas atayal, also known as the Atayal slug-eating snake, is a small, harmless snake endemic to Taiwan.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: syy55016 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/383554518

## Machine access

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