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Giant East African land snail

Achatina fulica

Description:

"The East African land snail, or giant African land snail is a species of large, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Achatinidae. As they develop rapidly and produce large numbers of offspring, this mollusc is a serious invasive species. It is a voracious feeder, and recognized as a serious pest organism affecting agriculture, natural ecosystems, and human health and commerce."

Habitat:

This spotting: large semi-urban yard/garden next to a disturbed patch of remnant forest.

Notes:

An invasive species all too common in my garden. One of the top 100 invasive species in the world (http://www.issg.org/database/species/sea...).

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4 Comments

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 12 years ago

Snailery is intriguing!

Scott Frazier
Scott Frazier 12 years ago

Yes I know it :-). No, not really. Many local languages both sides (25% of the world's languages), but the lingua franca in the east is "Tok Pisin" or Neo-Melanesian [Pidgin English]

UrifahRidlo
UrifahRidlo 12 years ago

hi Chun, yes people in all island in Indonesia are speaking Indonesia as our National language

ChunXingWong
ChunXingWong 12 years ago

That is quite a big "siput" you spotted there.
I'm sure you know what siput means.
Does the eastern side of the island speak Indonesian?

Scott Frazier
Spotted by
Scott Frazier

Indonesia

Spotted on Jul 26, 2011
Submitted on Jul 26, 2011

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