Tropical Leatherleaf (Laevicaulis alte)
Image Copyright Paul Dunn
Observed: Koh Chang, December 2016
Observed By: Paul Dunn
Koh Chang Nature proudly announces… our first slug identification!!!
The Tropical Leatherleaf, Laevicaulis alte is a round, dark-coloured slug with no shell, 7 or 8 cm long. Its skin is slightly tuberculated. The central keel is beige in colour.
This slug has a unique, very narrow foot; juvenile specimens have a foot 1 mm wide and adult specimens have a foot that is only 4 or 5 mm wide.
The tentacles are small, 2 or 3 mm long, and they are only rarely extended beyond the edge of the mantle.
Tropical Leatherleaf Wikipedia
