Haemadipsa picta: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Annelida
- Class
- Clitellata
- Order
- Arhynchobdellida
- Family
- Haemadipsidae
- Genus
- Haemadipsa
- Species
- Haemadipsa picta
- Scientific Name
- Haemadipsa picta
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Haemadipsa picta
Haemadipsa picta (common names: tiger leech, or less commonly, stinging land leech) is a large (up to 33 mm long) terrestrial leech found in Borneo, Indochina, and Taiwan. It was described by John Percy Moore based on specimens collected from Sarawak, Borneo. It preys primarily on medium- to large-sized mammals, including humans.
...Haemadipsa picta in languages:
- Chinese
- 彩紋山蛭
- English
- Tiger Leech
Images from inaturalist.org observations:
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