#peripatopsis

[herpsandbirds]

White Cave Velvet Worm (Peripatopsis alba), family Peripatopsidae, endemic to 2 cave systems in South Africa

Live bearing (viviparous).

Vulnerable, rare.

photograph by Rodrigo Ferreira

[herpsandbirds]

velvet worms <3

Phylum Onychophora... indeed. :3

Blue Velvet Worm (Euperipatoides sp.), family Peripatopsidae, Mt. Zero, Taravale Sanctuary, Paluma Range, Queensland, Australia

photograph by Stephen Zozaya

Red Velvet Worm (Peripatus solorzanoi), family Peripatidae, Guayacán Rainforest Reserve, Costa Rica

photograph via: Guayacán Rainforest Reserve

White Cave Velvet Worm (Peripatopsis alba), family Peripetopsidae, known only from two cave systems on Table Mountain, South Africa

photograph by Rodrigo Ferreira

Also, check out this video:

This Worm Uses a "Silly String of Death" | National Geographic (youtube.com)