---
title: "Button's Banana Slug"
description: "Ariolimax buttoni — Other animals. Ariolimax buttoni is a species of banana slug native to the West Coast of the United States."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/button-s-banana-slug
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Button's Banana Slug

> Ariolimax buttoni — Other animals. Ariolimax buttoni is a species of banana slug native to the West Coast of the United States.

- Scientific name: *Ariolimax buttoni*
- Category: `other` (Other animals)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest)
- iNaturalist observations: 17147
- Wikidata: [Q49446828](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49446828)
- iNaturalist taxon: [214185](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/214185)

## Names

- en: Button's Banana Slug

## Countries with the most observations

US (17064)

## Summary

Ariolimax buttoni is a species of banana slug native to the West Coast of the United States. The species has a yellowish-tan hue that is similar to a banana and can be either spotted or unspotted.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariolimax_buttoni

## Photo

![Button's Banana Slug](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/button-s-banana-slug/medium.jpg)

Photo: djurnove · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/5291238

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/button-s-banana-slug?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).