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Giant African snail

Achatina fulica

Photo by Scott Frazier
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Field Notes

Description:

Hatched/hatching eggs of the Giant African snail (see spotting of the snail here: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/6922054).

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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Achatina fulica

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
Scott Frazier
Yes. See the reference listed on the right side :-)
Atul
one of the most invasive species as of now in our part of India.Farmers are really facing a big problem controlling the numbers of this organism check out this one http://jharli.blogspot.com/

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PublishedSeptember 16, 2011

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