Snake skin hunter slug

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Snake skin hunter slug
Conservation status
Vulnerable
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Order: Stylommatophora Family: Chlamydephoridae Genus: Chlamydephorus Species: C. dimidius
Binomial name
Chlamydephorus dimidius (Watson, 1915)

The snake skin hunter slug, Chlamydephorus dimidius, is a species of medium-sized air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Chlamydephoridae.

The survival of this species is threatened by habitat loss.

[edit] Distribution

This species is endemic to South Africa.

[edit] Habitat

The natural habitat for this slug is temperate forests.

[edit] Source

• Herbert, D.G. 2000. Chlamydephorus dimidius. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 06 August 2007.