Socotra Cucumber Tree (Dendrosicyos socotranus) with bark snails

Socotra Cucumber Tree (Dendrosicyos socotranus) with bark snails

You can find these dormant (aestivating) land snails (Achatinelloides) sporadically throughout Socotra, but find them covering an entire Socotra cucumber tree…


Bark snails (Achatinelloides)

Bark snails (Achatinelloides)

You can find these dormant (aestivating) land snails sporadically throughout Socotra, but at this location they were in the thousands, and on tree trunks as…


Bark snails (Achatinelloides)

Bark snails (Achatinelloides)

You can find these dormant (aestivating) land snails sporadically throughout Socotra, but at this location they were in the thousands, and on tree trunks as…


Bark snails (Achatinelloides)

Bark snails (Achatinelloides)

You can find these dormant (aestivating) land snails sporadically throughout Socotra, but at this location they were in the thousands, and on tree trunks as…


Simple-leaved Bean Caper (Zygophyllum simplex)

Simple-leaved Bean Caper (Zygophyllum simplex)

Elevation: 263 meters. Native range is Cape Verde, Sahara to Tanzania and Northwest India, Angola to South Africa.


Bark snails (Achatinelloides)

Bark snails (Achatinelloides)

You can find these dormant (aestivating) land snails sporadically throughout Socotra, but at this location they were in the thousands, and on tree trunks as…


Bark snails (Achatinelloides)

Bark snails (Achatinelloides)

You can find these dormant (aestivating) land snails sporadically throughout Socotra, but at this location they were in the thousands, and on tree trunks as…


Bark snails (Achatinelloides)

Bark snails (Achatinelloides)

You can find these dormant (aestivating) land snails sporadically throughout Socotra, but at this location they were in the thousands, and on tree trunks as…


Bark snails (Achatinelloides)

Bark snails (Achatinelloides)

You can find these dormant (aestivating) land snails sporadically throughout Socotra, but at this location they were in the thousands, and on tree trunks as…


Achatinelloides hadibuensis

Achatinelloides hadibuensis

You can find these dormant (aestivating) land snails sporadically throughout Socotra, and in some locations in the many thousands. The diversity of life on…