Di Linh Slug-eating Snake

Di Linh Slug-eating Snake (Pareas temporalis) is a snake recorded for Vietnam in the project inventory. Its supporting occurrence note is “Expert range list”. The accepted scientific name is retained because regional snake taxonomy and species boundaries can change, while similar-looking species may require scale counts, anatomy or genetic evidence for reliable separation. This profile therefore distinguishes the recorded identity and occurrence from broader biological context instead of inventing unsupported locality, size, diet or breeding details (project species data; Reptile Database taxonomy).

Pareas slug snakes are slender, mainly nocturnal specialists that search vegetation and ground cover for snails and slugs. Their jaws and teeth are asymmetrical adaptations for extracting soft-bodied prey from coiled shells, and their large eyes assist activity in dim light. They are nonvenomous and do not subdue prey by constriction. These are genus-level notes rather than observations of this species in Vietnam, so exact size, habitat, diet breadth and clutch figures are omitted (general Pareas account; Reptile Database).