Leidyula floridana (Leidy, 1851)
External: Tan body with black mottling; light longitudinal stripe along mid-dorsum; broad, dark longitudinal band on each side of body; sometimes has a pair of longitudinal black stripes on either side of dorsum mid-line; cream underside; female opening less than 1/4 width of hyponotum from the sole (Burch & Van Devender, 1980; Dourson 2009). Some specimens dark enough to obscure the darks bands, or the bands limited to anterior 1/3 of body (Baker 1925).
Internal: Verge relatively large and long for genus; small glans on verge, bent back so that opening is apical; strong ridges on the sides of verge that extend to more than 1/2 length of verge (Burch & Van Devender, 1980); large accessory bursa (Baker 1925).
50-70 mm long (Burch 1962); to 65 mm long, 25 mm wide, sole 5.5 mm wide, female opening 29 mm from anterior and 5 mm from sole (Baker 1925).
Native to: probably Mexico (Neuvo León, Chiapas, Veracruz, NE Mexico) and Florida (Naranjo-García et al. 2007). Also found in Puerto Rico, Dominica, Cuba, Texas (Thomé et al. 1997), Bahamas, Jamaica (Burch & Van Devender, 1980).
Introduced to: Nicaragua (Andrews & Dundee 1987), Louisiana (Dundee 1971 in Burch & Van Devender, 1980), Belize (Dourson 2009).
Type Locality: Metaleechee Key, Charlotte Harbor, Florida (Burch & Van Devender, 1980).
Preyed upon by snake Sibon nebulata (in Belize, non-native there) (Dourson 2009).
Occupies any habitats with sufficient shelter, including woods, roadsides, and gardens; under rocks.
Oviparous (Baker 1925).
Susceptible to and experiences mortality from nematode P. hermaphrodita (Grewal et al. 2003).
On beans, tomatoes, potatoes in some places (Andrews & Dundee 1987).