Stats

Lifespan

1-2 years

Size

Large

Diet

Carnivore

Activity

Nocturnal

Social

Solitary

Biome

Tropical rainforest

Range

Oceania

Movement

Slithering

Breeding

Egg-laying

Defense

Toxins

Status

Uncommon

About

This predatory flatworm lives in the damp soil and leaf litter of tropical islands. It tracks prey by following slime trails and consumes snails by everting its pharynx into shells.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   juvenile

   A clearly-young animal, past the newborn phase but well short of full adult size.
2. 2.
   adult

   Fully grown.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Platyhelminthes

Order

Tricladida

Family

Geoplanidae

Genus

Platydemus

Species

Platydemus manokwari