A Giant East African Land Snail at home in East Africa. This species damages crops and can be a pathogene vector for both plants and animals. Now widespread due to the pet trade.
The Giant African Snail was released accidentally in Brazil, and this one is several generations crawl from the nearest human habitation at 2500 meters elevation on the summit of the Condor Range, Peru-Ecuador Border. Locally called Ampulla. In context at www.dixpix.ca/Amazon/fauna/riverlife/index.html
A Giant East African Land Snail crosses a wall in Segera, Tanzania. The pet trade has spread this species to several parts of the tropics where they cause crop damage and spread pathogenes.
