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Notogynaphallia goetschi
2" long yellow & black flatworm
Rainforest
Some snippets... " It was only in 1990 that a good revision of land planarians was made by Ogren and Kawakatsu " and " Using the internal morphology to assure that all the following descriptions of land planarians belong to a single species, Geoplana vaginuloides, we can find at least 4 different external color patterns " ...it turns out that Darwin's original species 'discovery' occurs in possibly more colour combinations than you can poke a stick at. It might be that visual appearance is not be so important in identifying species. :-( Maybe you'll just have to call it Geoplaninae ssp. ? here's a link to the expert... http://earthlingnature.wordpress.com/tag...
and another PN spotting that might be yours also.... http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/113...
Thanks Jacob!
Mark, I've spent quite a bit of time trying to find this one but no luck yet :-(
That's the same as my http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/105... distinctive by it's blue tint and single dorsal line. Yours has those gorgeous twin chromium-yellow lines. Here's another Ecuadorean one like yours but still no serious ID http://www.freewebs.com/wildatheartphoto...
How about this species Mark http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caenoplana_... It's an introduced species in the Americas but looks similar.
Thanks Mark, I've updated the common name but have scrolled right back on the FB page & can't find Larry's photo.
Sorry Scott I didn't realise my flickr link was the same as yours already. Karen; maybe you missed it; you should see FB, Larry Graziano on PNWorlwide, Nov 28... he posted an impressive shot of one of these vegetarians attacking a hopper. Not much debate here really - we're all waiting for you to upgrade your vegetarian leech :)
I love a debate! There was no hammerhead - I have several photos but they are all very similar.
Yeah, the typical hammerhead is missing in this spotting. That is why I wasn't so sure.
..."Despite their delicate aspect these terrestrial flatworms are voracious predators." - you were lucky to get away alive Karen :)
Yep something like Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Geoplanidae, Geoplaninae.... http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/804...
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/105...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoplanidae...
I don't think it is a "hammerhead worm" (Bipalium). It looks more like the "group" represented in the link I (and Argy Bee) provided below, or that in my own spotting here http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/826...
Very similar images can be found in Bipalium image search. But can't confirm it, since the head is not clear in this spotting.
Hi Karen, I think it is a species of Bipalium. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bipalium
Very interesting Scott, I will check it out when I get home. Our guide told us it was a vegetarian leech but he had limited English so it's possible something got lost in translation!
Hi Karen. I've never heard of a vegetarian leech! The only reference made to them that had to do with wildlife(!) had to do with aquatic environments. "It is a vegetarian leech, not a fish leech." found on tens of websites. I didn't find any pics. I didn't look long because to me it looks like a land planarian/terrestrial flatworm. Here's a similar one from Ecuador, but larger http://www.flickr.com/photos/80125969@N0...
I would love to know more about them also. I just have not have any luck here at PN to ID, Leeches, beetles, millipedes and/or Moths?! : (
Gilma, I've not been able to find out much about them online but hopefully someone in the community can provide some more info.
Spotted on Dec 6, 2012
Submitted on Dec 10, 2012
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