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Caracol gigante

Achatina fulica

Description:

Caracol gigante africano

1 Species ID Suggestions

Giant African land snail
Achatina fulica Achatina fulica


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3 Comments

namitha
namitha 11 years ago

Wow Giant African snails in Mauritius too. Its invasion has got no end.
Hi palomavivancos could you please add it to the Giant African snail hunt mission. http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/1426...

palomavivancos
palomavivancos 12 years ago

I spotted it in Mauritius.
Tank you for the ID suggestion

AnjaliAnantharam
AnjaliAnantharam 12 years ago

This was introduced in India and now is seen as a pest as it does not have any natural enemies..

palomavivancos
Spotted by
palomavivancos

Port Louis, Mauritius

Spotted on Jan 24, 2011
Submitted on Dec 9, 2011

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