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Higher TaxaPareidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Common Slug Snake
Chinese: 喜山钝头蛇 
SynonymDipsas monticola CANTOR 1839: 53
Pareas monticola — GÜNTHER 1864: 327
Amblycephalus monticola — WALL 1908: 334
Pareas monticola — SMITH 1943: 118
Pareas monticola — DAS 1996: 58
Pareas monticola — GROSSMANN & TILLACK 2003
Pareas monticola — WALLACH et al. 2014: 537
Pareas monticola — VOGEL 2015
Pareas (Eberhardtia) monticola — POYARKOV et al. 2022 
DistributionIndia (Sikkim, Assam, Mizoram, Darjeeling; Arunachal Pradesh [A. Captain, pers. comm.]), E Nepal, Bhutan,
China (Xizang = Tibet, Yunnan), Vietnam, Myanmar

Type locality: Naga Hills, Asám (=Assam), India.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesType: BMNH 1946.1.20.5 (and possibly additional specimens). 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1416 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentNot listed under that name in WHITAKER & CAPTAIN 2004.

Habitat: partly arboreal (Harrington et al. 2018). 
EtymologyThe species name, ‘monticola’, is Latin for ‘inhabitant of the mountains’ (Latin “colere” = inhabiting). 
References
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