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Achatina fulica
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Featured items

The Giant African Snail: A Problem in Economic Malacology (online book)
The full text of the book "The Giant African Snail: A Problem in Economic Malacology" (Mead, 1961) is available online.


Species description or overview

Achatina fulica description and ecology from GISD (ISSG)
A species description and information about the ecology of Achatina fulica as an invasive species is provided from the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD). GISD was created and is maintained by IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG).


Taxonomy & nomenclature

ITIS nomenclature info for Achatina fulica
Nomenclatural information about Achatina fulica is provided by ITIS.


Impacts

Invasive species in the Pacific: A technical review and draft regional strategy (2000) View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
The status of invasive plants, vertebrates, arthropods, molluscs, and crustaceans, and options for a regional invasive species strategy for the South Pacific are presented in this series of articles from the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, 2000.

Giant African snails can carry Angiostrongylus cantonensis parasite
The Center for Disease Control provides information about the Giant African snails carrying the parasite Angiostrongylus cantonensis.

Achatina fulica impact information from GISD (ISSG)
Impact information regarding Achatina fulica as an invasive species is provided from the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD). GISD was created and is maintained by IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG).


Control methods

Achatina fulica management information from GISD (ISSG)
Management information for Achatina fulica as an invasive species is provided from the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD). GISD was created and is maintained by IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG).


Images

Achatina fulica information from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands  new posting 
Information about Achatina fulica in Hawaii is available from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands.

Images of the giant African snail (Achatina fulica)
Links to several ecosystem management programs in the islands.


Distribution

Achatina fulica information from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands  new posting 
Information about Achatina fulica in Hawaii is available from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands.

Invasive species in the Pacific: A technical review and draft regional strategy (2000) View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
The status of invasive plants, vertebrates, arthropods, molluscs, and crustaceans, and options for a regional invasive species strategy for the South Pacific are presented in this series of articles from the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, 2000.

Achatina fulica worldwide distribution from GISD (ISSG)
Worldwide distribution information about Achatina fulica is provided from the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD). GISD was created and is maintained by IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG).


Books

The Giant African Snail: A Problem in Economic Malacology (online book)
The full text of the book "The Giant African Snail: A Problem in Economic Malacology" (Mead, 1961) is available online.

Turning the tide: The eradication of invasive species (proceedings of the International Conference on Eradication of Island Invasives)
Veitch, C.R. and M.N. Clout (eds.) . 2002. Turning the tide: The eradication of invasive species (proceedings of the International Conference on Eradication of Island Invasives). IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. vii + 414pp. ISBN: 2-8317-0682-3.


Full-text articles

Invasive species in the Pacific: A technical review and draft regional strategy
South Pacific Regional Environmental Programme (SPREP). Sherley, Greg (ed.) . 2000. Invasive species in the Pacific: A technical review and draft regional strategy. Apia, Samoa: South Pacific Regional Environment Programme. ISBN: 982-04-0214-X.

Turning the tide: The eradication of invasive species (proceedings of the International Conference on Eradication of Island Invasives)
Veitch, C.R. and M.N. Clout (eds.) . 2002. Turning the tide: The eradication of invasive species (proceedings of the International Conference on Eradication of Island Invasives). IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. vii + 414pp. ISBN: 2-8317-0682-3.


Experts

Achatina fulica contacts from GISD (ISSG)
Contact information for experts on Achatina fulica as an invasive species is provided from the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD). GISD was created and is maintained by IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG).


Other resources

USDA African snails page
USDA provides information about African snails.

USDA importation info regarding snails and slugs
AntWeb

Achatina fulica references from GISD (ISSG)
References regarding Achatina fulica as an invasive species is provided from the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD). GISD was created and is maintained by IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG).


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