Haemadipsa picta

External morphology

Longitudinally striped color pattern on reddish brown dorsum, broad bluish gray yellowish grenish or multicolored median to paramedian field that contains 3-5 black or dark brown stripes inside, whiteish margin stripe with dark spotted borders, uniformly yellowish brown venter, large muscular caudal sucker, 80-85 sucker rays, gonopores 5 annuli apart

Habitat & range

Habitat

Terrestrial

Region

Asia

Recorded from

China, Taiwan, Malaysia

Original description

Moore, J. P. (1929). Leeches from Borneo with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. 81: 267-95.

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