Common Names
Common Names in English:
Iwasaki's Snail-Eater
Description
Family Colubridae
The family Colubridae, which includes the kingsnakes (Lampropeltis spp. ), is the largest, most widespread, and diverse family of snakes , with few physical characteristics universal among all species. The family contains 70 percent of the known species of snakes, with more than 1700 species worldwide (Pough et al. 1998). Although some colubrids are dangerously venomous , most are harmless to humans. [1]
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Reptilia
()
- Reptiles
- Subclass:
Diapsida
()
- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
()
- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
()
-
- Order:
Squamata
()
- Suborder:
Serpentes
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Superfamily:
Colubroidea
()
- Family:
Colubridae
()
- Colubrids
- Subfamily:
Pareatinae
()
- Genus:
Pareas
()
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- Specific name:
iwasakii
- Maki
- Scientific name: - Pareas iwasakii Maki
- Specific name:
iwasakii
- Maki
- Genus:
Pareas
(
- Subfamily:
Pareatinae
(
- Family:
Colubridae
(
- Superfamily:
Colubroidea
(
- Suborder:
Serpentes
(
- Order:
Squamata
(
- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
(
- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
(
- Subclass:
Diapsida
(
- Class:
Reptilia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Amblycephalus formosensis iwasakii Maki 1937
- Pareas iwasakii — Ota 2000
- Pareas iwasakii — Takara 1962
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Uetz P.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Pareas
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 26 species and subspecies in this genus:
P. boulengeri (Boulenger's Slug Snake) · P. carinata · P. carinatus (Keeled Slug Snake) · P. carinatus carinatus (Keeled Slug Snake) · P. carinatus unicolor · P. chinensis (Chinese Blunthead Snake) · P. dorsopictus · P. formosensis (Formosa Slug Snake) · P. hamptoni (Hampton's Slug Snake) · P. iwasakii (Iwasaki's Snail-Eater) · P. kuangtungensis · P. laevis · P. macularius (Spotted Slug Snake) · P. macularius macularius (Spotted Slug Snake) · P. macularius tamdaoensis · P. macullaris · P. malaccanus · P. margaitophorus · P. margaritiferus · P. margaritophorus (Mountain Slug Snake) · P. modestus · P. moellendorffii · P. monticola (Common Slug Snake) · P. nuchalis · P. stanleyi (Stanley's Slug Snake) · P. tamdaoensis
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Further Reading
- Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- Maki (1937) Trans. Nat. hist. Soc. Formosa 27: 217-218
- Mori (1982) Japans Schlangen, Vols. 1-3.
- Ota et al. (1997) Journal of Herpetology 31 (1): 79-87.
- Takara (1962) Sci. Bull. Agr. Home Econ. Div., Univ. Ryukyus (9): 1-202
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 4, 2006.
- Uetz, Peter. The Reptile Database
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Pareas iwasakii. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2543340
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-23425
- IUCN ID: 16220
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 8736
Footnotes
- Painter, Charles W., Chuck L. Hayes, and James N. Stuart "Recovery and Conservation of the Gray-Banded Kingsnake. New Mexico Department of Game and Fish. May 1, 2002. [back]
