---
title: "Ash-black Slug"
description: "Limax cinereoniger — Otros animales. Limax cinereoniger, also known as the ash-black slug, is a large species of air-breathing land slug in the terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc family Limacidae, the keelback slugs."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/ash-black-slug
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Ash-black Slug

> Limax cinereoniger — Otros animales. Limax cinereoniger, also known as the ash-black slug, is a large species of air-breathing land slug in the terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc family Limacidae, the keelback slugs.

- Scientific name: *Limax cinereoniger*
- Category: `other` (Otros animales)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 17426
- Wikidata: [Q892046](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q892046)
- iNaturalist taxon: [143291](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/143291)

## Names

- en: Ash-black Slug
- de: Schwarzer Schnegel
- fr: Grande limace
- pl: Pomrów czarniawy

## Countries with the most observations

DE (2643), FI (2234), AT (2042), RU (1310), FR (840), PL (821), CZ (810), LT (454), UA (414), SE (332), SI (320), CH (266)

## Summary

Limax cinereoniger, also known as the ash-black slug, is a large species of air-breathing land slug in the terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc family Limacidae, the keelback slugs. This is the largest land slug species in the world.

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

## Photo

![Ash-black Slug](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/ash-black-slug/medium.jpg)

Photo: Thomas · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/126238353

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/ash-black-slug?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).