Endangered
Ba humbugi
Ba humbugi
The genus is endemic to the Fijian island of Viti Levu, and B.
Appearance
B. Humbugi has a shell with a diameter of 2.30–3.32 millimetres (0.091–0.131 in). Its shell is a light reddish-yellow. Its periostracal extensions are an almost black dark brown. The body is yellow-white and lacks any sort of dark markings.
Range and habitat
B. Humbugi is endemic to Fiji. It is found in the interior of Viti Levu, an island in Fiji, at elevations of 950–3,200 ft (290–980 m). The holotype was collected in dense forest on Mount Nangaranambulata at an elevation of 2,700–3,200 ft (820–980 m).
The genus is endemic to the Fijian island of Viti Levu, and B. Humbugi is an endangered species.
Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.
Diet
Snails move on a single foot and feed with a rasping tongue. Island and spring species rarely recolonise once the site is emptied.
In crisis
According to the IUCN Red List, B. Humbugi is endangered. The IUCN estimates an area of occupancy of 12 square kilometres (4.6 sq mi), and its habitat continues to decline due to deforestation. The IUCN predicts it would be detrimental if the invasive giant African snail, rosy wolf snail, or the New Guinea flatworm were introduced to Viti Levu.
Ba humbugi is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.
Sources
Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Ba humbugi, Wikidata item Q20056386. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.
