The keeled slug-eating snake (Pareas carinatus) is a species of snake in the family Pareidae . It is relatively widespread in Southeast Asia, from southern China (Yunnan) to Burma and Indochina to the Malay Archipelago (Borneo, Java, Lombok, Sumatra, Bali).^[1][2] Two subspecies are recognized: P. c. carinatus and P. c. unicolor, the latter being confined to Cambodia.^[2]

Keeled slug-eating snake
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Pareidae
Genus:	Pareas
Species:	P. carinatus
Binomial name
Pareas carinatus (Boie, 1828)
Synonyms
Amblycephalus carinatus Boie, 1828

Keeled slug-eating snakes live in or near forests. They are nocturnal and mostly arboreal, and as the common name suggests, they feed exclusively on snails and slugs. They are oviparous.^[1]

While the species is negatively affected by forest destruction, IUCN considers these effects to be localized and not threatening the species.^[1]