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Kōrero: Snails and slugs

Scientist Gary Barker

Scientist Gary Barker

Gary Barker has published over 100 scientific papers on terrestrial invertebrates (animals without backbones) – mainly snails and slugs, on which he is the New Zealand expert. He works for Landcare Research in Hamilton, and has studied and described specimens from all over the country.

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Paddy Ryan, Snails and slugs – New Zealand land molluscs, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/12855/scientist-gary-barker (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Paddy Ryan, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.

Comments

jill nicholls
03 July 2013
Hello, I have been accessing images of NZ leaf vein slugs as I prepare for an art exhibition titled "Conservation" and realise that the slugs I often find on my patio tiles on damp nights do not seem to have been mentioned. I live in Riverton, Southland and often find slugs similar to the photograph of Athoracophorous giantea but more the shape of bitentaculatus. While I have only seen them in the dark, they seem to be much darker in colour and more opaque than any of the photographs but that could be misleading I know.Do you know of reports of leaf veined slugs in Southland?