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title: "Reticulate Taildropper"
description: "Prophysaon andersonii — Andere dieren. Prophysaon andersonii, common name the reticulate taildropper, is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ariolimacidae endemic to Western North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/reticulate-taildropper
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Reticulate Taildropper

> Prophysaon andersonii — Andere dieren. Prophysaon andersonii, common name the reticulate taildropper, is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ariolimacidae endemic to Western North America.

- Scientific name: *Prophysaon andersonii*
- Category: `other` (Andere dieren)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 5229
- Wikidata: [Q106238376](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106238376)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1126805](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1126805)

## Names

- en: Reticulate Taildropper

## Countries with the most observations

US (3317), CA (288)

## Summary

Prophysaon andersonii, common name the reticulate taildropper, is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ariolimacidae endemic to Western North America.
These slugs are notable for being able to self-amputate (autotomy) a portion of their tail.

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

## Photo

![Reticulate Taildropper](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/reticulate-taildropper/medium.jpg)

Photo: Kyle Nessen · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/11034188

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/reticulate-taildropper?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).