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Hirudo hildebrandti

Blanchard, 1897 · Hirudinidae

Hirudo hildebrandti, a leech of the family Hirudinidae

External morphology

Dorsum with 5 or 7 dark stripes or median black stripe only, venter without black stripes

Habitat & range

Habitat: Freshwater
Region: Africa
Recorded from: South Africa

Original description

Blanchard. (1897). Thierwelt Ost-Africa