The snake skin hunter slug (''Chlamydephorus dimidius'') is a species of land
slug in the family
Chlamydephoridae. It is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found els ...
to
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring count ...
, where it is known from six localities in
KwaZulu-Natal
KwaZulu-Natal (, also referred to as KZN and known as "the garden province") is a province of South Africa that was created in 1994 when the Zulu bantustan of KwaZulu ("Place of the Zulu" in Zulu) and Natal Province were merged. It is loca ...
.
This slug lives in
fragmented forest habitat, mostly in coastal areas.
References
Endemic fauna of South Africa
Chlamydephoridae
Gastropods described in 1915
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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