Stats

Lifespan: 1-2 years
Size: Small
Diet: Herbivore
Activity: Nocturnal
Social: Solitary
Biome: Tropical rainforest
Range: South America
Movement: Slithering
Breeding: Egg-laying
Defense: Camouflage
Status: Uncommon

About

This smooth black slug lives among damp leaf litter in tropical forest floors. It possesses a retractable pair of eyes that can independently swivel to track movement.

Life cycle

1.
juvenile
A juvenile mollusk takes adult form after its larval phase and begins building or growing its shell.
2.
adult
Fully grown at adult shell size or body length.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Systellommatophora
Family: Veronicellidae
Genus: Belocaulus
Species: Belocaulus angustipes