---
title: "Green Cellar Slug"
description: "Limacus maculatus — Otros animales. Limacus maculatus, the green cellar slug or Irish yellow slug, is a species of slug native to the Caucasus and Black Sea coast."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/green-cellar-slug
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Green Cellar Slug

> Limacus maculatus — Otros animales. Limacus maculatus, the green cellar slug or Irish yellow slug, is a species of slug native to the Caucasus and Black Sea coast.

- Scientific name: *Limacus maculatus*
- Category: `other` (Otros animales)
- Habitats: `urban` (Ciudades y jardines)
- iNaturalist observations: 4556
- Wikidata: [Q14638717](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14638717)
- iNaturalist taxon: [371870](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/371870)

## Names

- en: Green Cellar Slug

## Countries with the most observations

GB (1930), DE (78), IE (41), RU (39), GE (14), IM (9), DK (7), TR (7), UA (7), CZ (4), AM (3)

## Summary

Limacus maculatus, the green cellar slug or Irish yellow slug, is a species of slug native to the Caucasus and Black Sea coast. It has also been introduced to a number of northern European countries. In its introduced range the species is often synanthropic. It is most likely to be confused with Limacus flavus, which it closely resembles externally.

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

## Photo

![Green Cellar Slug](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/green-cellar-slug/medium.jpg)

Photo: Greenway Avenue Community Garden · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/367753396

## Machine access

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