Resting position of Pareas nuchalis and first record of the species on Mount Kinabalu. Pareas nuchalis could be observed in a bamboo forest on the south-eastern slopes of Mt. Kinabalu in Sabah, Malaysia. lt is the first record in the National Park and the highest known localitiy of its distribution (850 m above sea level). In a terrarium, three types of hiding places werde offered: earth holes, stone holes, and bamboo internodes. The snake significantly preferred the latter. The resting position is described.