Pareas hamptoni, also known Common name as Hampton's slug snake, is a species of snake in the family Pareidae. The species is native to Southeast Asia.
Etymology
The specific name,
hamptoni, is in honor of Herbert Hampton, collector of the
holotype.
[; ; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . ( Pareas hamptoni, p. 115).]
Geographic range
P. hamptoni is found in
Cambodia,
China,
Laos,
Myanmar,
Thailand, and
Vietnam.
Habitat
The preferred natural
habitat of
P. hamptoni is
forest, at altitudes of .
Behavior
P. hamptoni is arboreal, and it is both
Diurnality and
Nocturnality.
Diet
P. hamptoni Predation upon
.
Reproduction
P. hamptoni is
Oviparity.
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Original publication
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Boulenger GA (1905). "Descriptions of Two New Snakes from Upper Burma". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 16: 235–236. ( Amblycephalus hamptoni, new species, p. 236 + Figure 2, five views). ( archive.org).
Further reading
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, , (2015). A Field Guide to the Reptiles of Thailand. New York: Oxford University Press. 352 pp. (hardcover), (paperback).
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(2012). A Naturalist's Guide to the Snakes of South-East Asia: Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Myanmar, Borneo, Sumatra, Java and Bali. Oxford, England: John Beaufoy Publishing. 176 pp. .
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Smith MA (1943). The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III.—Serpentes. London: Secretary of State for India. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 583 pp. ( Pareas hamptoni, p. 120).
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(2010). "On the distribution of Pareas hamptoni (Boulenger, 1905) in Thailand (Serpentes: Pareatinae)". Russian Journal of Herpetology 17 (3): 219–222.
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