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Giant African land snail/East African land snail

Achatina fulica

Photo by RachaelB
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Description:

Large air-breathing, land snail. The adult snails have a height of around 7 centimetres (2.8 in), and their length can reach 20 centimetres (7.9 in) or more.
Now listed as one of the top 100 invasive species in the world.

Habitat:

Native to East Africa.

Notes:

It is hard to tell how big this snail is from the photos but this one had a shell length of about 10-11cm. The last photo is from a car window but it is still zoomed in slightly.

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PublishedFebruary 12, 2012

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