Image: Devendra Bhardwaj · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0 · Vaishali Nagar, Jaipur, Rajasthan · Resized
- Scientific name
- Laevicaulis haroldi
- Family
- Veronicellidae, order Systellommatophora
- Group
- Mollusc
- Conservation status
- Endangered
A leathery night slug that recycles the garden floor.
- Spot it Dark, shell-less, leathery body.
- Home Damp soil and leaf litter, active at night.
- Food web Eats rotting plants and fungi; birds and toads eat it.
- Why it matters A decomposer: it eats rotting plants and fungi, returning nutrients to the soil, and is food for birds and toads.
Read more: Eleutherocaulis haroldi on Wikipedia
Sources and credits
Records and field notes
- RajasthanDevendra Bhardwaj has 1 verified record of this species on iNaturalist in 2023, in Jaipur.[20]
Sources
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (species pages linked on each entry) (database). Global conservation status. Every species page was opened.
- Devendra Bhardwaj. iNaturalist observations and notes, with place and date (inaturalist.org/people/devendrabhardwaj) (field record). The observer's own dated records and notes, with places. Statements in his notes are his own and were not independently checked by KJVF.
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and GBIF species data (family, order, Hindi names, IUCN category) (database). Open biodiversity data. Used for classification, Hindi common names and the IUCN category where one is given.
- Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (opening lines of each species article, CC BY-SA 4.0). The link on each entry goes to the article (reference). Not peer reviewed. Only the opening description is used, and statements about origin or medicinal use are left out.
- Short introductions and key points written with AI help (Google Gemini and Claude) and checked against GBIF where possible (reference). AI-assisted text for general readers. Please check important details before relying on them.
The tag before each record shows the place it was checked for.
