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'''Burnup's hunter slug''' ('''''Chlamydephorus burnupi''''') is a [[species]] of air-breathing land [[slug]], a [[terrestrial]] [[pulmonate]]
'''Burnup's hunter slug''', ''Chlamydephorus burnupi'', is a [[species]] of air-breathing land [[slug]], a [[terrestrial]] [[pulmonate]] [[gastropod]] [[mollusk]] in the [[taxonomic]] family [[Chlamydephoridae]].
[[gastropod]] [[mollusk]] in the [[taxonomic]] family [[Chlamydephoridae]].


==Range of distribution==
==Range of distribution==
This species of slug is [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[South Africa]]. [[Category:Fauna of South Africa]]
This species of slug is [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[South Africa]].


==Habitat==
==Habitat==
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==Source==
==Source==
* Herbert, D.G. 2000. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/40086/all Chlamydephorus burnupi]. [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on [[06 August]] [[2007]].
* Herbert, D.G. 2000. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/40086/all Chlamydephorus burnupi]. [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species] Downloaded on [[06 August]] [[2007]].

[[Category:Gastropods]]
[[Category:Molluscs of South Africa]]




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Burnup's hunter slug
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C. burnupi
Binomial name
Chlamydephorus burnupi
(Smith, 1892)

Burnup's hunter slug, Chlamydephorus burnupi, is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the taxonomic family Chlamydephoridae.

Range of distribution

This species of slug is endemic to South Africa.

Habitat

The natural habitat for this species is subtropical or tropical dry forests. The survival of this species is threatened by habitat loss.

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