| Haemadipsa picta | |
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| Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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]
- ^ Lai, Yi-Te; Nakano, Takafumi; Chen, Jiun-Hong (2011). "Three species of land leeches from Taiwan, Haemadipsa rjukjuana comb. n., a new record for Haemadipsa picta Moore, and an updated description of Tritetrabdella taiwana (Oka)". ZooKeys (139): 1–22. doi:10.3897/zookeys.139.1711. PMC 3260908. PMID 22259307.
- ^ a b Chen, Jiun-Hong. "Haemadipsa picta". BiotaTaiwanica: Clitellates. Taiwan Biodiversity Information Facility. Archived from the original on 19 July 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
- ^ Encyclopedia of Life. "Details for: Haemadipsa picta". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 17 January 2016.