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Iberian slug

Ambigolimax valentianus (A. Férussac, 1822)

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

The iberian slug (Ambigolimax valentianus) is a species in the family Limacidae.

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Quick facts about the iberian slug

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the iberian slug live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the iberian slug as introduced in 18 countries, and flagged as invasive in 2 of them.

  1. Chinainvasive
  2. Japaninvasive
  3. Austria
  4. Belgium
  5. Brazil
  6. Colombia
  7. Denmark
  8. France
  9. Germany
  10. Ireland
  11. Israel
  12. Mexico
  13. New Zealand
  14. Poland
  15. Serbia
  16. Sweden
  17. United Kingdom
  18. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the iberian slug endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the iberian slug classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. familyLimacidae
  5. genusAmbigolimax
  6. SpeciesAmbigolimax valentianus (A. Férussac, 1822)

Synonyms Lehmannia getica, Lehmannia poirieri, Lehmannia valentiana, Limax poirieri, Limax valentianus

Other names and names in other languages (32)
  • Canadian slugEnglish
  • Greenhouse slugEnglish
  • Iberian threeband slugEnglish
  • Striped field slugEnglish
  • Striped greenhouse slugEnglish
  • Three-banded garden slugEnglish
  • Threeband garden slugEnglish
  • Threeband gardenslugEnglish
  • Threebanded garden slugEnglish
  • Valencia slugEnglish
  • podkornatka iberskáCzech
  • Spansk sneglDanish
  • GlashausschnegelGerman
  • Babosa de InvernaderoSpanish
  • taimietanaFinnish
  • Limace ibériqueFrench
  • חשופית החממותHebrew
  • チャコウラナメクジJapanese
  • 두줄민달팽이Korean
  • Šiltnaminis šliaužlysLithuanian
  • Spaanse aardslakDutch
  • Pomrów walencjańskiPolish
  • Lesma-riscadaPortuguese
  • оранжерейный слизеньRussian
  • valentinsnigelSwedish
  • 瓦倫西亞遊蕩蛞蝓Chinese
  • GewächshausschnegelGerman
  • Spanische EgelschneckeGerman
  • Valencianische EgelschneckeGerman
  • Limace d'EspagneFrench
  • Limace de ValenceFrench
  • Леманниа валенсийскаяRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the iberian slug

Other species in the same genus Ambigolimax.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the iberian slug an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the iberian slug as invasive in 2 countries: China and Japan. It lists it as introduced in 18 in all.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Iberian slug (Ambigolimax valentianus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/iberian-slug

MLA

“Iberian slug (Ambigolimax valentianus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/iberian-slug.

BibTeX
@misc{iberian_slug_2026,
  title = {Iberian slug (Ambigolimax valentianus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/iberian-slug},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}