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Greenhouse Slug

Ambigolimax valentianus

1,591Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
92Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan53
Feb89
Mar109
Apr172
May192
Jun166
Jul121
Aug112
Sep209
Oct188
Nov116
Dec63

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1York England129
2East Lothian Scotland121
3City of Edinburgh Scotland106
4Nottinghamshire England89
5Lincolnshire England78
6Cornwall England45
7Fife Scotland41
8Essex England39
9North Yorkshire England39
10Sefton England37
11Leeds England29
12Cambridgeshire England21
13Surrey England19
14Devon England19
15Oxfordshire England15
1,108 England340 Scotland98 Wales37 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 92 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,591
Peak month
September
Counties with records
92
Scientific name
Ambigolimax valentianus
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,625
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Stylommatophora
Family
Limacidae
Genus
Ambigolimax
Name with authority
Ambigolimax valentianus (A.Férussac, 1821)
Described
1821
Contributing datasets
16

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q41080199 · GBIF 8014163