← Back

Tiger leech

Erpobdella punctata

Classification

Haemadipsa picta (common names: tiger leech, or less commonly, stinging land leech) is a large (up to 33 mm long) terrestrial leech found in Borneo, Indochina, and Taiwan. It was described by John Percy Moore based on specimens collected from Sarawak, Borneo. It preys primarily on medium- to large-sized mammals, including humans.

Distribution

(c) Zakqary Roy, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Zakqary Roy · CC-BY
Loading map…
Countries in the Picchu catalog
Canada · 33United States of America · 17Austria · 2