Hello Everyone.. A list of non native species. Updated as time goes on.

Hello everyone. I just want to thank everyone for the contributions to this project of these once ignored taxa. Inat is definitely shining some light on the subject of these fascinating yet simple life forms. I decided to start making a list of all of the non-native species that often make it into the project in an attempt to prevent from having to remove them. It may be easier to just list the genus. So here we go.

NON NATIVE GENUS
Ambigolimax
Arion
Limax
Limacus
Deroceras with the exception of Deroceras laeve which has some native distribution in North America however has been widely introduced within the U.S. to areas it is not native to. I have been on the fence about including this species in the project due to both the possibility of misidentified observations and the fact that it's not exactly clear what it's native range within is.

Snails are not a part of this project however I have thought about giving them one at least for the native species.

There are a few other and I will update as soon as I come across them.

Thanks eveyone.
berkshirenaturalist

Posted on May 10, 2017 11:39 PM by berkshirenaturalist