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Liguus. Liguus is a genus of large tropical air-breathing land snails, more specifically arboreal or tree snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Orthalicidae. These snails are especially notable for their relatively large size and for their often brightly colored shells, which sometimes have complex color patterning.
A live individual of Liguus fasciatus from Everglades. Shells of Liguus fasciatus can reach a size of 42–68 millimetres (1.7–2.7 in). [6] [1] These polished shining shells, ranging from white to almost black, have whorls banded with many colors (chestnut, orange, yellow pink or green). [1]
Achatina virginea Linnaeus, 1758. Liguus virgineus, also known as the candy cane snail, is a species of tree-living snail native to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola. It has a distinctive conical shell of 30–60 mm (1.2–2.4 in). The background of the shell is white; there are typically 3–6 spiraling stripes of various colors, including ...
Orthalicus reses, the Stock Island tree snail or the Florida tree snail, is a species of large tropical air-breathing tree snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Orthalicidae. It was first described in 1830 by the American naturalist Thomas Say. The holotype, a specimen probably collected in Key West, was subsequently lost.
Amphidromus adamsii. Tree snail is a common name that is applied to various kinds of tropical air-breathing land snails, pulmonate gastropod mollusks that have shells, and that live in trees, in other words, are exclusively arboreal in habitat. Some other species of air-breathing land snails may sometimes be found on tree trunks, or even in the ...
Tropical hardwood hammock is a closed canopy forest, dominated by a diverse assemblage of evergreen and semi-deciduous tree and shrub species, mostly of West Indian origin. It is important habitat for ferns and orchids of West Indian origin. Tropical hardwood hammock is not a fire maintained community, although fire may burn into tropical ...
Genus: Liguus. Species: L. vittatus. Binomial name. Liguus vittatus. ( Swainson, 1822) Liguus vittatus is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Orthalicidae .
Although they are primarily herbivores, they have also preyed upon tree snails, which can be native only to single tree islands or have very limited ranges, including Orthalicus reses and Liguus fasciatus which are threatened and rare species. [87] [88] Varanus niloticus: Nile monitor Africa / 1990 Imported by/through pet trade