'Kaputar', also known as Triboniophorus aff. graeffei, or the
By reporting sightings, you are helping scientists determine where the slug is found, its habitat preferences and if it's being affected by a changing climate over time. The Kaputar or giant pink slug is fluorescent pink and grows to around 20 cm long and 6 cm wide.
The pink slug is large for slugs, reaching about eight inches in length.
A bright pink slug species, found only on one mountain in Australia, has survived the devastating bushfires that ripped through much of its habitat. The unique, eye-catching creature only lives on the slopes of an isolated inactive volcano in New South Wales, Mount Kaputar, from which they take their name.
And why pink you ask? “There's one idea that the pink colour camouflages them against the colour of fallen snow gum leaves on the forest floor,” says Michael.
Pink Slugs and Drunk Parrots: Australia's Fascinating (Non-Lethal) Fauna.
Just because they're huge and garish doesn't mean they're easy to find. The Mount Kaputar pink slug is marvelously unsubtle. A screeching, fluorescent pink and up to eight inches long, it looks like an enormous tongue stained with Kool-Aid.
The slugs can be seen by the hundreds on cool, wet, misty mornings. During the day, they hide in the plant litter at the base of the trees. At night, they come out and climb the tree to eat algae and mosses growing on the tree trunk.
The Red Triangle Slug is Australia's largest native land slug. The distinctive red triangle on its back contains the breathing pore.
Red triangle slugs are Australia's largest native land slug, reaching sizes up to 14 centimetres in length! They are named after the distinctive red triangle on their back, which contains their breathing pore (called a pneumostome). The scientific name for red triangle slugs is Triboniophorus graeffei.
Coming in at up to 7cm in length, the red-triangle slug (Triboniphorus graeffei) is Australia's largest native land slug. The species is common in south east Queensland, particularly after rain.
It's a type of sea slug called the nudibranch (NEW-dih-bronk), a slime-oozing creature with a boneless body. Many of them also sport brilliant colors and eye-catching patterns on their skin. In fact this sticky slug is often considered one of the most beautiful animals in the world.
Limax cinereoniger is the largest land slug in the world and it belongs to the Limacidae family. These slugs are known for their impressive size, as they can grow up to 8 inches when fully mature.
The Leopard Slug lives in the south and east of Australia and is common in urban areas. It grows to 20 cm long and has distinctive dark spots on a lighter brown body, giving it its name. It is not a native species, but was introduced to Australia in the 1800's.
Ibycus rachelae also called long-tailed slug or ninja slug, is a species of air-breathing semi-slugs in the family Helicarionidae. Ibycus rachelae. Scientific classification. Kingdom: Animalia.
A Sydney-based man ate two garden slugs Limax maximus, the leopard slug, an intermediate host for Angiostrongylus cantonensis as a dare during a party narrowly escaped death from a rare form of meningitis, an often fatal swelling around the brain.
Larger than a tennis ball, the Giant Panda Snail is Australia's largest land snail.
There are over 1000 species of native Australian snails and slugs. However, most of the snails and slugs we find in our gardens are not natives.
Slugs are not poisonous to dogs, but they do transmit lungworm. Lungworm infection can be fatal and so it is crucial to ensure your dog is protected.
In American English, edible land snails are also called escargot, taken from the French word for 'snail,' and the production of snails for consumption is called snail farming or heliciculture.
An 'extremely rare' rainbow sea slug was spotted along the coast of England The rare rainbow sea slug, or Babakina anadoni, is typically found in the warmer waters off Spain, Portugal and France.
The bodies of some types of sea slug have bright colours, fancy frills, and bold patterns. These colours and patterns show that the sea slugs are highly venomous (poisonous) or dangerous to touch and warn predators to stay away. There are more than 2,000 species of the sea slug and its close relatives.
Most snail and slug poisons, which can come in a green or blue-colored liquid or granular form, contain a compound called metaldehyde, which is extremely poisonous to cats and dogs.