Liguus fasciatus mating in their natural habitat.

Una serie de 4 fotografías de caracoles arbóreos Liguus fasciatus de Juan C. Aguero.

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Courtship and mating occur in the late summer or early fall. Three to four weeks later, the female burrows up to the length of her shell into the leaf litter of the hammock floor and lays up to 50 elliptical, pea-sized eggs. The young snails, called buttons, hatch at the beginning of the rainy season. Adults also emerge from aestivation at this time and the cycle begins anew.
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Hammock 38-Pilsbry

Liguus fasciatus forma Versicolor

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