Neoterrabdella australis

External morphology

5 annuli between gonopores, 4 annuli per mid body somite, 2 jaws, 7 delicate dorsal longitudinal stripes. The venter is pale pinkish red, the dorsum has a background colour of dark blackish brown with 7 well-defined longitudinal narrow golden-yellow stripes which are finely black-margined in full extension.

Habitat & range

Habitat

Terrestrial

Region

Australia

Recorded from

Northern Territory

Original description

Richardson, Laurence R. 1969. On a distinctive new subequatorial Australian quadrannulate land-leech, and related matters. Australian zoologist 15(2): 201–213.

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