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title: "Leopard Slug"
description: "Limax maximus — Outros animais. Limax maximus (literally, \"biggest slug\"), known by the common names great grey slug and leopard slug, is a species of slug in the family Limacidae, the keeled slugs."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/leopard-slug
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Leopard Slug

> Limax maximus — Outros animais. Limax maximus (literally, "biggest slug"), known by the common names great grey slug and leopard slug, is a species of slug in the family Limacidae, the keeled slugs.

- Scientific name: *Limax maximus*
- Category: `other` (Outros animais)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta), `urban` (Cidades e jardins)
- iNaturalist observations: 77148
- Wikidata: [Q854808](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q854808)
- iNaturalist taxon: [62470](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/62470)

## Names

- en: Leopard Slug
- de: Tigerschnegel
- es: Babosa europea tigre
- fr: Limace léopard
- nl: Grote aardslak
- pl: Pomrów wielki

## Countries with the most observations

US (27957), DE (5755), CA (4981), AU (3709), FR (3040), GB (2451), AT (2337), DK (1766), PL (1464), NZ (1213), IT (1066), RU (882)

## Summary

Limax maximus (literally, "biggest slug"), known by the common names great grey slug and leopard slug, is a species of slug in the family Limacidae, the keeled slugs. It is among the largest keeled slugs, Limax cinereoniger being the largest.
Limax maximus is the type species of the genus Limax. The adult slug measures 10–20 cm (3.9–7.9 in) in length and is generally a light grey or grey-brown with darker spots and blotches, although the coloration and exact patterning of the body of this slug species is quite variable.
This species has a very unusual and distinctive mating method, where the pair of slugs use a thick…

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

## Photo

![Leopard Slug](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/leopard-slug/medium.jpg)

Photo: Hubert Sztyler · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/177345397

## Machine access

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