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The Oregon Jumping Slug
A couple of friends introduced me to the idea of a slug that lives in Oregon and is able to leap 6ft into the air. My first thought was, "Yeah right." But, I started looking around and found that Oregon actually boasts 4 varieties of jumping slugs. With some of them residing in the Portland area.

  • "Helphillia burringoni" for the keeled jumping slug
  • "Hemphillia gladulosa" for the warty jumping slug
  • "Hemphillia malonei" for the Malone jumping slug
  • "Hemphillia pahterina" for the Panther jumping slug

    Links to other jumping slug sites
    BLM Science update (pdf format)
    Gastropoda
    BLM listing


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    Last modified: 2009.10.26 12:39