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Scarletback Taildropper

Prophysaon vanattae

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist. — (c) ryan_durand, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

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Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Washington.

United States	291
Washington	275
Canada	95
British Columbia	95
Oregon	51
Alaska	6

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

Shell-bearingProtected by a hard shellFrom its classification

Classification

Kingdom	Animals · Animalia
Phylum	Molluscs · Mollusca
Class	Gastropods · Gastropoda
Order	Common Land Snails and Slugs · Stylommatophora
Family	Banana Slugs and Allies · Ariolimacidae
Genus	Taildropper Slugs · Prophysaon

Sources

Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
How much to rely on each source

Remember the name next time.

Practise Scarletback Taildropper with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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