Land planarian

Yay, we have an ID! Thanks for the great detective work Mark!

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 :-(

Awesome!

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.

This might take you there https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=...

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...

I'm with Scott and namitha - geo planarian - flatworm - http://www.flickr.com/photos/80125969@N0...

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...

is it a slug?

We have a black-colored species of this worm that feeds on cabbage here.

Thanks Daniel!

Good!!

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.