Wandering Broadhead Planarian
Bipalium adventitium
Animalia
UNCOMMON
Stats
- Lifespan
- 1-2 yrs
- Size
- Tiny
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Activity
- Nocturnal
- Social
- Solitary
- Biome
- Temperate forest
- Range
- Southeast Asia
- Movement
- Slithering
- Breeding
- Egg-laying
- Defense
- Toxins
- Status
- Uncommon
About
The wandering broadhead planarian is a land dweller native to Asia. It is an invasive species in the United States, where it has been accidentally introduced.
Life cycle
- 1.juvenileA clearly-young animal, past the newborn phase but well short of full adult size.
- 2.adultFully grown.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Platyhelminthes
- Order
- Tricladida
- Family
- Geoplanidae
- Genus
- Bipalium
- Species
- Bipalium adventitium