Pareas capitulatus STUART, SEATEUN, SIVONGXAY, SOUVANNAVONG & PHIMMACHAK, 2025
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Pareas capitulatus
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| Higher Taxa | Pareidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Narrow-headed Snail-eating Snake Lao: ງູຫນ້າສ້ັນດາກຈຶງ (Ngou Nasan Dakchung) |
| Synonym | Pareas capitulatus STUART, SEATEUN, SIVONGXAY, SOUVANNAVONG & PHIMMACHAK 2025 |
| Distribution | Laos (Xekong) Type locality: Laos, Xekong Province, Dakchung District, Dakchung Plateau, Phou Ajol, 15.68239°N, 107.19424°E, 1,475 m.a.s.l. |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: NCSM 78628 (field tag BLS 14402), adult female, coll. 19 May 2011 by Bryan L. Stuart, Somphouthone Phimmachak, and Sengvilay Seateun (Figures 3, 4). |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Pareas capitulatus sp. nov. is distinguished from all other of Pareas by having the combination of yellow-brown colouration with transverse dark bars on body; frontal shield-shaped, with lateral sides converging posteriorly; all body scales smooth; single vertebral scale row slightly enlarged; head distinctly narrow, with eyes projecting beyond parallel lateral margins of head in dorsal view; supralabials seven; infralabials six; ventral scales 175; subcaudals 75; a complete light band on occiput followed posteriorly by a complete dark nuchal marking; and two dark stripes on side of head consisting of an oblique dark stripe from posterior margin of eye to mouth and a transverse dark stripe from top of head to near corner of mouth. (Stuart et al. 2025) Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 2946 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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| Etymology | Named after Latin capitulatus for “having a small head,” in reference to the distinctly narrow head of the new species. |
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