Range extension of the Common Slug Snake Pareas monticola (Cantor, 1839) (Reptilia: Squamata: Pareidae): a new family record for Nepal

Abstract

In this paper, we present the first evidence of the snake Pareas monticola in Nepal. An individual snake belonging to the species was recorded in eastern Nepal, about 25 km southwest of Darjeeling in India, where the species is known to occur.

First record of Takydromus sikkimensis Günther, 1888 (Squamata, Lacertidae) from Nepal

“…Nepal is home to 158 species of reptiles, around 25% (n = 40) of which are lizards (Uetz et al 2022). Studies of taxonomy and ecology of herpetofauna in Nepal are scarce (Gautam et al 2020); however, recent studies have recorded seven new reptile species for Nepal (Pandey 2015;Bhattarai et al 2017Bhattarai et al , 2020Pandey et al 2018;Rawat et al 2019Rawat et al , 2020Rai et al 2021) suggesting that many species of reptiles are yet to be formally recorded from Nepal.…”