Raffles Bulletin of Zoology: New animals named after Singapore!

A land snail and a mangrove slug have been named after Singapore! The latest issue of the Raffles Bulletin of Zoology (RBZ 59(1): 1–115. 28 February 2011) features these and other fascinating papers.

The Singapore population of these beautiful green land snails have been described as Amphidromus atricallosus temasek, a new subspecies!