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Achatina Polychroa
''Achatina'' is a genus of medium-sized to very large, air-breathing, tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae.Bouchet, P. (2014). Achatina Lamarck, 1799. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818098 on 2014-11-07 Distribution There are some 200 species of Achatinidae in Sub-Saharan Africa. Some species are kept as terrarium animals due to their size of three inches, and colourful shells. Shell description Snails in this genus have medium to large shells which are ovate in shape and often colourfully streaked. Species Species within the genus ''Achatina'' include: *''Achatina achatina'' Linnaeus, 1758 or giant African snail, agate snail or Ghana tiger snail, from Western Africa (Liberia through Nigeria) grows to be the largest land snail on Earth. *''Achatina ampullacea'' Böttger, 1910 *''Achatina balteata'' Reeve, 1849 - Cameroon to Central Angola. *''Achati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Achatina Achatina
''Achatina achatina'', commonly known as the giant African snail, also known as the giant tiger land snail is a species of large, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae. The name "Achatina" is from "achates", Greek for agate. It shares the common name " giant African snail" with other species of snails such as '' Lissachatina fulica'' and ''Archachatina marginata''. Subspecies * ''Achatina achatina achatina'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Achatina achatina bayoli'' Morelet, 1888 * ''Achatina achatina depravata'' Bequaert, 1950 * ''Achatina achatina elegans'' (Link, 1807) * ''Achatina achatina monochromatica'' Pilsbry, 1904 * ''Achatina achatina roseolabiata'' Bequaert, 1950 * ''Achatina achatina togoensis'' Bequaert & Clench, 1934 Distribution The species is believed to be native to West Africa, within to of the coasts off Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Togo, Benin, Ghana, and Nigeria. ''Achatina achatina'' is routinely confi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Achatina Balteata
''Achatina'' is a genus of medium-sized to very large, air-breathing, tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae.Bouchet, P. (2014). Achatina Lamarck, 1799. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818098 on 2014-11-07 Distribution There are some 200 species of Achatinidae in Sub-Saharan Africa. Some species are kept as terrarium animals due to their size of three inches, and colourful shells. Shell description Snails in this genus have medium to large shells which are ovate in shape and often colourfully streaked. Species Species within the genus ''Achatina'' include: *''Achatina achatina'' Linnaeus, 1758 or giant African snail, agate snail or Ghana tiger snail, from Western Africa (Liberia through Nigeria) grows to be the largest land snail on Earth. *'' Achatina ampullacea'' Böttger, 1910 *'' Achatina balteata'' Reeve, 1849 - Cameroon to Central Angola. *'' Ach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Botswana
Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory part of the Kalahari Desert. It is bordered by South Africa to the south and southeast, Namibia to the west and north, Zambia to the north, and Zimbabwe to the northeast. With a population of slightly over 2.4 million people and a comparable land area to France, Botswana is one of the List of countries and dependencies by population density, most sparsely populated countries in the world. It is essentially the nation-state of the Tswana people, who constitute nearly 80 percent of the population. The Tswana ethnic group are descended mainly from Bantu peoples, Bantu-speaking peoples who Bantu expansion, migrated into southern Africa, including modern Botswana, in several waves before AD 600. In 1885, the British Empire, British colonised the area and declared a protectorate named Bechuanaland. As part of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Achatina Dammarensis
''Achatina'' is a genus of medium-sized to very large, air-breathing, tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae.Bouchet, P. (2014). Achatina Lamarck, 1799. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818098 on 2014-11-07 Distribution There are some 200 species of Achatinidae in Sub-Saharan Africa. Some species are kept as terrarium animals due to their size of three inches, and colourful shells. Shell description Snails in this genus have medium to large shells which are ovate in shape and often colourfully streaked. Species Species within the genus ''Achatina'' include: *''Achatina achatina'' Linnaeus, 1758 or giant African snail, agate snail or Ghana tiger snail, from Western Africa (Liberia through Nigeria) grows to be the largest land snail on Earth. *'' Achatina ampullacea'' Böttger, 1910 *''Achatina balteata'' Reeve, 1849 - Cameroon to Central Angola. *'' Acha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanzania
Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It is bordered by Uganda to the northwest; Kenya to the northeast; the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to the south; Zambia to the southwest; and Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west. According to a 2024 estimate, Tanzania has a population of around 67.5 million, making it the most populous country located entirely south of the equator. Many important hominid fossils have been found in Tanzania. In the Stone and Bronze Age, prehistoric migrations into Tanzania included South Cushitic languages, Southern Cushitic speakers similar to modern day Iraqw people who moved south from present-day Ethiopia; Eastern Cushitic people who moved into Tanzania from north of Lake Turkana about 2,000 and 4,000 years ago; and the Southern Nilotic languages, Southern Nilotes, including the Datooga people, Datoog, who originated fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Congo Basin
The Congo Basin () is the sedimentary basin of the Congo River. The Congo Basin is located in Central Africa, in a region known as west equatorial Africa. The Congo Basin region is sometimes known simply as the Congo. It contains some of the largest tropical rainforests in the world and is an important source of water used in agriculture and energy generation. The rainforest in the Congo Basin is the largest rainforest in Africa and second only to the Amazon rainforest in size, with 300 million hectares compared to the 800 million hectares in the Amazon. Because of its size and diversity the basin's forest is important for mitigating climate change in its role as a carbon sink. However, deforestation and degradation of the ecology by the impacts of climate change may increase stress on the forest ecosystem, in turn making the hydrology of the basin more variable. A 2012 study found that the variability in precipitation caused by climate change will negatively affect economic a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Achatina Craveni
''Achatina craveni'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae, the giant African snails. Distribution Distribution of ''Achatina craveni'' includes "between Zanzibar and Lake Tanganyika". ''Achatina'' cf. ''craveni'' has been reported also from Mozambique by van Bruggen (2010). Bruggen A. C. van (2010). "A new record of ''‘Achatina’ vassei'' Germain, 1918 (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Achatinidae) from Mozambique – an unsolved problem". ''Zoologische Mededelingen ''Zoologische Mededelingen'' was a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal publishing papers and monographs on animal systematics. The publisher was the National Museum of Natural History Naturalis in the Netherlands. The first issue appeared ...'' 84HTM. References Achatinidae Molluscs of Africa Gastropods described in 1881 {{Achatinidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Achatina Coroca
''Achatina'' is a genus of medium-sized to very large, air-breathing, tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae.Bouchet, P. (2014). Achatina Lamarck, 1799. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818098 on 2014-11-07 Distribution There are some 200 species of Achatinidae in Sub-Saharan Africa. Some species are kept as terrarium animals due to their size of three inches, and colourful shells. Shell description Snails in this genus have medium to large shells which are ovate in shape and often colourfully streaked. Species Species within the genus ''Achatina'' include: *''Achatina achatina'' Linnaeus, 1758 or giant African snail, agate snail or Ghana tiger snail, from Western Africa (Liberia through Nigeria) grows to be the largest land snail on Earth. *'' Achatina ampullacea'' Böttger, 1910 *''Achatina balteata'' Reeve, 1849 - Cameroon to Central Angola. *'' Acha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
