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Chlamydephorus dimidius

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Taxonomy

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Habitat and Ecology

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	MOLLUSCA	GASTROPODA	STYLOMMATOPHORA	CHLAMYDEPHORIDAE

Scientific Name:

Chlamydephorus dimidius

Species Authority:

(Watson, 1915)

Common Name/s:

English

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Snake Skin Hunter Slug.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Vulnerable B1+2bc ver 2.3
Year Published:	2000
Annotations:	Needs updating
Assessor/s:	Herbert, D.G.
Reviewer/s:	Seddon, M.B. (Mollusc Red List Authority)
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Justification: Known from only six localities, which are severely fragmented making it Vulnerable.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Occurs in South Africa and is endemic to KwaZulu-Natal.
Countries:	Native: South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)
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Population Trend:

Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It is known only from the coastal region between Durban and the Mtamvuna River, with one inland record from Qudeni Forest in the Kranskop area. Only known from forested habitats, primarily coastal lowland and coastal scarp forests.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Citation:	Herbert, D.G. 2000. Chlamydephorus dimidius. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 June 2013.
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