Snake skin hunter slug

Snake skin hunter slug
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra

Superfamily: Rhytidoidea
Family: Chlamydephoridae
Genus: Chlamydephorus
Species: C. dimidius
Binomial name
Chlamydephorus dimidius
(Watson, 1915)

The snake skin hunter slug (Chlamydephorus dimidius) is a species of land slug in the family Chlamydephoridae. It is endemic to South Africa, where it is known from six localities in KwaZulu-Natal.[1]

This slug lives in fragmented forest habitat, mostly in coastal areas.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Herbert, D.G. 2000. Chlamydephorus dimidius. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 27 August 2014.
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