Rhynchodemus cf. sylvaticus (Leidy, 1851)

Boll, Piter Kehoma & Luna, Manuel De, 2025, Diversity of land planarians (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Geoplanidae) in Central America: annotated checklist with new records of native and introduced species from citizen science, Zootaxa 5695 (1), pp. 1-70 : 59

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5695.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:EA8FDB85-00AD-491E-B8CD-87B29794F252
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17323112
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scientific name	Rhynchodemus cf. sylvaticus (Leidy, 1851)
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Rhynchodemus cf. sylvaticus (Leidy, 1851) View in CoL

External diagnosis ( Ball & Reynoldson 1981; Ball & Sluys 1990). Dorsal color usually pale or brownish gray. Two dark longitudinal stripes, inconspicuous in dark specimens, run over the dorsum and often unite with a dark saddle over the pharynx. Ventral surface pale.

iNaturalist records ( Figure 36 View FIGURE 36 ). BELIZE — Orange Walk • Casiguinic ; 17.5392, -89.1119; 133 m a.s.l.; 22 Feb. 2024; jane41 obs.; #200660138 GoogleMaps . COSTA RICA — Alajuela • Sarchí, Toro Amarillo ; 10.2048, -84.3047; 1481 m a.s.l.; 12 Nov. 2023; gatorhawk obs.; #191730490 GoogleMaps — Puntarenas • Golfito, Parque Nacional Piedras Blancas ; 8.6963, -83.2061; 126 m a.s.l.; 5 Jul. 2008; gernotkunz obs.; #36666280 GoogleMaps .