Pareas xuelinensis is a small, harmless slug-eating snake native to Yunnan, China.

The top of P. xuelinensis is typically orange, while the belly and sides are yellow-orange.

A thin, broken, black stripe extends from the postocular scale on each side of the head to the beginning of the neck, where they connect to a much thicker line which curves forward toward the parietals.

Many irregular, vertical black stripes mark the snake's sides and tail, but do not connect across the vertebral scales.

The specific epithet xuelinensis refers to Xuelin Township, the type locality of the species.