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    • Achatina fulica
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    • Giant African Land Snail

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What

land snail

Observer

sfaccio

Date

Jun 11, 2006

Description

Found in old-growth maple-beech-ash forest during bird surveys. At point count #4 at The Cape RNA, Green Mt. National Forest.

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What

Giant African Land Snail Achatina fulica

Observer

sterling

Date

Apr 23, 2013

Description

on a palm, four feet up.

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Giant African Land Snail Achatina fulica

Observer

sterling

Date

Apr 21, 2013 03:31 PM WST

Description

Tagging critters while at HK Disneyland. Spotted this fellow on a Chinese Banyan tree in a shady grove. About five feet off the ground. It's a invasive species here.

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What

Giant African Land Snail Achatina fulica

Observer

ivijayanand

Date

Sep 17, 2012 07:03 AM IST

Description

Location: Makunda Christian Hospital, Bazaricherra, Karimganj District, Assam

Date: 17th September 2012

Equipment: Nikon D300s with Nikkor AF 28-105mm lens

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What

Giant African Land Snail Achatina fulica

Observer

sea-kangaroo

Date

Sep 17, 2006

Description

On the wall of a public toilet at one of the beaches.

Fecund introduced agricultural pest and health risk (carries meningitis-causing nematode).

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What

Land snail

Observer

damianbx

Date

May 24, 2012 10:55 AM EDT

Description

Soundview park.

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What

Giant African Land Snail Achatina fulica

Observer

muir

Date

Mar 3, 2012 09:55 PM EST

Description

location approximate

Apparently introduced to Bioko Island, as cited in this APHIS report. Widespread, and common to see being sold for human consumption.

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Giant African Land Snail Achatina fulica

Observer

muir

Date

Mar 6, 2012 08:53 AM EST

Description

Apparently introduced to Bioko

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Giant African Land Snail Achatina fulica

Observer

vanhoutan

Date

Jun 24, 2011

Description

Hugely destructive and problematic, the invasive African land snail has devoured most of the native species of Hawaiian land snails.

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What

Giant African Land Snail Achatina fulica

Observer

vanhoutan

Date

Sep 22, 2009

Description

This species has destroyed the land gastropod fauna of many south Pacific Islands. This photo captures a tender moment between two snails.

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Description from Wikipedia

The East African land snail, or giant African land snail, scientific name Achatina fulica, is a species of large, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae.

No range data available.