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title: "Painted Leech"
description: "Haemadipsa picta — Outros animais. Haemadipsa picta (common names: tiger leech, or less commonly, stinging land leech) is a large (up to 33 mm long) terrestrial leech found in Borneo, Indochina, and Taiwan."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/painted-leech
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Painted Leech

> Haemadipsa picta — Outros animais. Haemadipsa picta (common names: tiger leech, or less commonly, stinging land leech) is a large (up to 33 mm long) terrestrial leech found in Borneo, Indochina, and Taiwan.

- Scientific name: *Haemadipsa picta*
- Category: `other` (Outros animais)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta), `jungle` (Selva)
- iNaturalist observations: 365
- Wikidata: [Q15050646](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15050646)
- iNaturalist taxon: [332405](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/332405)

## Names

- en: Painted Leech

## Countries with the most observations

MY (64), TW (17), ID (12), TH (9), BD (5), CN (3), IN (3), PH (3)

## Summary

Haemadipsa picta (common names: tiger leech, or less commonly, stinging land leech) is a large (up to 33 mm long) terrestrial leech found in Borneo, Indochina, and Taiwan. It was described by John Percy Moore based on specimens collected from Sarawak, Borneo. It preys primarily on medium- to large-sized mammals, including humans.

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

## Photo

![Painted Leech](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/painted-leech/medium.jpg)

Photo: Scott Loarie · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/8463383

## Machine access

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