Mr Gould has previously made other, more grisly slug discoveries while again researching frogs. In 2019 he discovered that the red triangle slug (Triboniophorus graeffei) produces a sticky defence ...

land-dwelling slug – Cystopeltidae (humpback slugs) and Athoracophoridae (red-triangle slugs). Introduced land slug species can be found across Australia in backyards, usually among veggie gardens.

Kaputar slugs are related to red triangle slugs (Triboniophorus graeffei) that live in eastern Australia but are a distinct ...

Researchers had previously thought it was a variation of the red triangle slug, also found in New South Wales. The slugs have never been spotted anywhere but the summit area of Mount Kaputar ...

Scientists already knew that a bright-pink slug lived on Mount Kaputar (map), thinking it was a variety of the red triangle slug, a species common along the east coast of Australia. But new ...

Looking closer he realised it had been glued to the branch! Next to it, a suspicious-looking slug... Turns out, the red triangle slug secretes a mucus that's so sticky it acts like a super-glue ...

These festively coloured slugs (Triboniophorus aff. graeffei) are relations of the equally quirky red triangle slug, which is also found on Mount Kaputar. They are among a number of unique species ...