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Hammerhead Worm

Bipalium simrothi

2 Species ID Suggestions

Harsha Singh
Harsha Singh 12 years ago
Hammer-head worm
Bipalium sp.
MarkUmscheid
MarkUmscheid 12 years ago
Hammer-head worm
Bipalium sp. (there are three different kinds of Bipalium) Google Image Result for http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3623/3436531984_3e2a20a8ff.jpg


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15 Comments

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Hi Yeong.. Welcome..!!

Yeong Shu Ping
Yeong Shu Ping 12 years ago

TQ very much Ashish for the link shared.

ChunXingWong
ChunXingWong 12 years ago

Cool Planarian

Yeong Shu Ping
Yeong Shu Ping 12 years ago

It was so eye-catching. It spotted by a group of children and they called me to take these pictures.

Harsha Singh
Harsha Singh 12 years ago

My pleasure, Yeong.

Harsha Singh
Harsha Singh 12 years ago

I have seen them around, but those are flesh or brown colored. This one is colorful n really pretty.

Yeong Shu Ping
Yeong Shu Ping 12 years ago

Yes, thank you so much Harsha!

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 12 years ago

I think Harsha has it. Fascinating creature!

Harsha Singh
Harsha Singh 12 years ago

From the first picture, it looks like a hammer-head worm. A land planarian.

JuliusSchmitz-Justen
JuliusSchmitz-Justen 12 years ago

Could be some sort of snail?

Yeong Shu Ping
Yeong Shu Ping 12 years ago

I have some other pictures (just uploaded), but unfortunately most of them are not clear.

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 12 years ago

Do you have any more photos of it?

Yeong Shu Ping
Yeong Shu Ping 12 years ago

I don't know. It looks like leech with a sucker but it movement like worm.

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 12 years ago

What is this? It kind of looks like a frog's leg.

Yeong Shu Ping
Spotted by
Yeong Shu Ping

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Spotted on Jul 3, 2011
Submitted on Aug 16, 2011

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