16×20 Regal Snails

The Regal Snail is a dramatically adorned amphibious gastropod from the Philippine islands. They are surprisingly long lived herbivores that are one of the few hermaphroditic animals on earth – meaning that each individual possess fully functioning male and female sexual organs and reproduce on their own. They are preyed upon by a wide variety of reptiles, amphibians, insets, birds and mammals, including humans.