General Description
Body wide or swollen (due to large size of internal organs) with a flat tail. Colour grey, dark brown or green-grey. Up to 4 cm long.
Biology
This Cystopelta species belongs to a group of native slugs that are endemic to eastern and south-eastern Australia.
Distribution
South-eastern mainland Australia.
Habitat
Forest and woodland, including under logs, in leaf litter or on bark.
More Information
-
Animal Type
-
Animal SubType
-
Brief Id
Wide body, flat tail, grey brown.
-
Colours
Green, Brown
-
Habitats
-
Diet
Herbivore
-
Endemicity
-
Conservation Statuses
CITES: Not listed, FFG Threatened List: Not listed, EPBC Act 1999: Not listed, IUCN Red List: Not listed
-
Taxon Name
-
Scientific Author
Davies, 1912
-
Common Name
Humpback Slug
-
Other Names
Slug
-
Phylum
-
Subphylum
-
Class
-
Subclass
-
Order
-
Suborder
-
Infraorder
-
Superfamily
-
Family
-
Genus
-
Species Name
purpurea
