Growing up to 180 millimetres long, the giant red flatworm is one of about 30 native species of terrestrial flatworms. Unrelated to earthworms, flatworms are unsegmented, brightly coloured and feed on small animals such as slugs or snails. Once plentiful in the mountains of north-west Nelson, giant red flatworms are now much reduced due to habitat loss and introduced predators.
ILLUSTRATIONS BY TIM GALLOWAY
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Forest and Bird, Issue 282, 1 November 1996, Unnumbered Page
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64Growing up to 180 millimetres long, the giant red flatworm is one of about 30 native species of terrestrial flatworms. Unrelated to earthworms, flatworms are unsegmented, brightly coloured and feed on small animals such as slugs or snails. Once plentiful in the mountains of north-west Nelson, giant red flatworms are now much reduced due to habitat loss and introduced predators. ILLUSTRATIONS BY TIM GALLOWAY Forest and Bird, Issue 282, 1 November 1996, Unnumbered Page
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