Leidyula moreleti (Crosse and P. Fischer, 1872)
External: Fairly dark brown body; dark patches on undersides of overhanging mantle; granulations in skin slightly lighter in color; dark, narrow longitudinal band on each side of body converge at both ends of the body; brown upper tentacles and light gray lower tentacles; pale/cream sole; female opening more than 1/4 distance of hyponotum from sole (Burch & Van Devender 1980; Dourson 2009).
Internal: Fairly short verge, large glans for genus; orifice of verge on the side; ridges on verge form a loop just slightly beyond its apical 1/3 length (Burch & Van Devender 1980).
Similar Species – Sarasinula plebeia, which may coexist with it in the field (internal anatomy must be examined) (Naranjo-García et al 2007).
To 90 mm long alive (Burch & Van Devender 1980); preserved: to 60 mm long, 21 mm wide, 10 mm wide sole, female opening 33 mm from anterior and 3.5 mm from sole (Baker 1925).
Preyed upon by snake Sibon sartorii (Dourson 2009).
Native to: E coast and S Mexico (Naranjo-García et al. 2007), Belize (Dourson 2009), Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua (Thomé et al. 1997).
Invasive to: Florida and the West Indies (Thomé, Santos & Pedott, 1997 in Thompson 2008) and Texas (Burch & Van Devender, 1980).
Active at night, on man-made structures and in leaf litter, in gardens/disturbed areas (Naranjo-García et al. 2007); jungle, grasslands, disturbed areas (Baker 1923).
Viviparous (Burch & Van Devender, 1980).
Pest on citrus in Florida (Andrews & Dundee 1987).