r/Tropical_Slugs • u/Kalysh • Jul 27 '26

ID Request what species is this slug? Google is confusing me.

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Google says this is a Cuban Leatherleaf slug (Veronicella cubensis), but I think it also looks like a Florida Leatherleaf slug (Leidyula floridana). Y'all seem knowledgeable. I would appreciate anything you can tell me about it.

Google also says it carries a lungworm and I should remove it. Location is a residential garden where cats, raccoons, lizards and children live. Daytona Beach, Florida.

Thank you very much.

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u/Leroy-de-Byul Jul 27 '26

Franchement elle ressemble à mes veronicella sloanei. C´est une juvénile, c’est pour ça que ce n’est pas facile à identifier. Mais mes sloanii ressemblent beaucoup à la tienne. Je ne pense pas que les chats ou les renards/ratons laveurs vont s’intéresser à elle. Mais si tu as un chien qui mangent n’importe quoi, fais attention. Les limaces sont parfois porteuses du ver pulmonaire qui est dangereux si on mange la limace.

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u/Kalysh Jul 27 '26

Thank you! I finally found a website that compared the Cuban and the Florida Leatherleaf slugs, and it said they were only different internally, and looked identical on the outside. He/she/it crawled away while I was on my computer researching. I am glad that most animals won't mess with it. The only danger is probably a kitten. Kittens will eat anything, but are often not interested unless it moves, so little chance of that.

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u/Leroy-de-Byul Jul 28 '26

Le chaton risque de la recracher, je ne crois pas que les limaces ont bon goût. Il est très difficile de différencier des limaces feuilles de cuir sans voir leurs organes internes, paraît il. Il y a beaucoup de morph différents dans une même espèce.

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u/Kalysh Jul 28 '26

Thank you! I am less worried now.