Lissachatina fulica(ACHAFU)
Distribution details in Trinidad and Tobago
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2012: Present, few occurrences
Surveillance revealed that A. fulica was present at Alyce Glen Gardens Petit Valley, North West Trinidad. Restricted to an area < 1 km2.
* IPPC website. Official Pest Reports – Trinidad and Tobago. Giant African snail, Achatina fulica Bowdich (2009-01-13).
https://www.ippc.int/index.php
* Van Buurt G, Debrot AO (2012) Introduced agricultural pests, plant and animal diseases and vectors in the Dutch Caribbean, with an ‘Alert species’ list. IMARES Wageningen UR (NL) report no. C193/11, 35 pp.
------- Trinidad only (absent in Tobago).
https://www.ippc.int/index.php
* Van Buurt G, Debrot AO (2012) Introduced agricultural pests, plant and animal diseases and vectors in the Dutch Caribbean, with an ‘Alert species’ list. IMARES Wageningen UR (NL) report no. C193/11, 35 pp.
------- Trinidad only (absent in Tobago).