Taiwan Slug Snake Stock Image

PAREAS FORMOSENSIS Small snake; total length up to 70 cm. There are 15 rows of scales, which are smooth in appearance and glossy; however, 5 to 7 rows near the vertebral line of posterior half of body possess feeble keels. Head, which is distinct from neck, is elongated oval to roughly rectangular with blunt snout; body is slender and slightly compressed laterally; tail is long. Eye is medium-sized; iris is light brown, yellow brown or reddish brown with scattered flecks of diffuse black pigment; pupil is black, oval to elliptical at vertical axis, without definite ring or border.