Haemadipsa picta | |
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Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Annelida |
Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
Clade: | Sedentaria |
Class: | Clitellata |
Subclass: | Hirudinea |
Order: | Arhynchobdellida |
Family: | Haemadipsidae |
Genus: | Haemadipsa |
Species: | H. picta
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Binomial name | |
Haemadipsa picta Moore, 1929
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Haemadipsa picta (common names: tiger leech, or less commonly, stinging land leech) is a large (up to 33 mm long) terrestrial leech found in Borneo, Indochina, and Taiwan.[1][2] It was described by John Percy Moore based on specimens collected from Sarawak, Borneo.[3] It preys primarily on medium- to large-sized mammals, including humans.[2]