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Blue-gray Taildropper
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Blue-gray Taildropper

Prophysaon coeruleum

Prophysaon coeruleum, (the blue-grey taildropper), is a small species of slug belonging to the genus Prophysaon, a genus known for autotomy. It is native to western North America, from southwestern British Columbia to northwestern California, with a more isolated population in Idaho. There are conservation efforts in place to protect this species, and they are on multiple lists of species at risk.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 210656.