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Pontoscolex corethrurus
giant earthworm, though I'm not sure of the scientific name. Found in high altitude cloud forest, Bellavista Cloud Forest Reserve, Ecuador.
Spotted on Apr 30, 2009
Submitted on Feb 14, 2012
6 Comments
Wow!
Oh yes, you're absolutely right; my mistake. I had no idea worms could be that big. Very awesome!
Holly worm, Batman!! Wow!! Cannot believe the size of this specimen!!!
Whoa, that would feed one large (and lucky) bird :) Wonderful spotting and photos.
I definitely wasn't a caecilian; caecilian skulls are highly fused and this definitely stretched when it moved. It also had bristles on its underside. I've posted another picture that might show its clitellum, though in the example that I found doesn't it isn't very visible either. I believe it is this: http://clitellata.lifedesks.org/pages/34...
That's pretty big for an earthworm, and I don't see a clitellum. This might actually be a species of the amphibian order caecilian. Cool spotting! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caecilian