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Tree slug

Lehmannia marginata (O. F. Müller, 1774)

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

The tree slug (Lehmannia marginata) is a species in the family Limacidae.

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Quick facts about the tree 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 tree slug live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the tree slug as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Dominican Republic

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 tree 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 tree slug classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. familyLimacidae
  5. genusLehmannia
  6. SpeciesLehmannia marginata (O. F. Müller, 1774)

Synonyms Amalia marginata, Lehmannia alpestris, Lehmannia arborum, Lehmannia bielzi, Lehmannia islandica, Lehmannia janetscheki, Lehmannia marginata, Lehmannia marginata var. alpestris, Lehmannia marginata var. pallens, Limax arboreum, Limax arborum, Limax arborum f. submaculatus, Limax arborum var. coloratus, Limax arborum var. flava, Limax arborum var. nemorosa, Limax arborum var. roseus, Limax arborum var. tigrina, Limax bettoni, Limax livonicus, Limax marginata, Limax marginatus, Limax salicium, Limax scandens, Limax scopulorum

Other names and names in other languages (21)
  • podkornatka žíhanáCzech
  • BøgesneglDanish
  • BaumschnegelGerman
  • KlaasnälkjasEstonian
  • metsäharjaetanaFinnish
  • Limace des arbresFrench
  • Drvni balavacCroatian
  • fáramászó meztelencsigaHungarian
  • 두줄민달팽이Korean
  • Miškinis šliaužlysLithuanian
  • blekkjølsneglNorwegian Bokmål
  • BosaardslakDutch
  • bleikkjølsnigelNorwegian Nynorsk
  • Pomrów nadrzewnyPolish
  • Слизень древесный обыкновенныйRussian
  • slizniak stromovýSlovak
  • trädsnigelSwedish
  • Древлюк звичайнийUkrainian
  • Baum-EgelschneckeGerman
  • Limace des boisFrench
  • Bos-aardslakDutch

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the tree slug

Other species in the same genus Lehmannia.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the tree slug an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the tree slug as introduced in 1 country: Dominican Republic, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

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). Tree slug (Lehmannia marginata). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/lehmannia-marginata

MLA

“Tree slug (Lehmannia marginata).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/lehmannia-marginata.

BibTeX
@misc{lehmannia_marginata_2026,
  title = {Tree slug (Lehmannia marginata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/lehmannia-marginata},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}