There are 20 species of leeches living in the wild in the Czech Republic.

19 species were recorded in Moravia.

List of leeches of the Czech Republic

Species

in zoological order

(One species is missing in this list.)

List of leeches of the Czech Republic

Erpobdelliformes

Erpobdellidae

Erpobdella lineata (O. F. Müller, 1774) Erpobdella nigricollis (Brandes, 1900) Erpobdella octoculata (Linnaeus, 1758) Erpobdella testacea (Savigny, 1822) Erpobdella vilnensis Liskiewicz, 1927 Erpobdella bykowskii Gedroyc, 1913

List of leeches of the Czech Republic

Hirudiniformes

Hirudinidae

Haemopis sanguisuga (Linnaeus, 1758) Hirudo medicinalis Linnaeus, 1758

Rhynchobdellida

Glossiphoniidae

Batracobdella paludosa (Carena, 1824) Glossiphonia complanata (Linnaeus, 1758) Glossiphonia concolor (Apathy, 1888) Glossiphonia heteroclita (Linnaeus, 1761) Glossiphonia nebulosa (Kalbe, 1964) Glossiphonia slovaca (Košel, 1972) Helobdella stagnalis (Linnaeus, 1758) Hemiclepsis marginata (O. F. Müller, 1774) Theromyzon tessulatum (O. F. Müller, 1774) Piscicolidae Piscicola geometra (Linnaeus, 1758) Caspiobdella fadejewi (Epstein, 1961)

See also

Fauna of the Czech Republic

External links

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