• It is the ‘Land Leech’.

• It lives in Forest.

• Body is sub - cylindrical.

• Buccal ring is surrounded by buccal frill.

• It sucks blood from man and cattle.

• Anterior and posterior suckers are prehensile – used to hold on tree branches.

• Move very fast on land.

• Running the whole length of the body there may be narrow mid - dorsal stripes and 2 lateral stripes.

• Clitellum is indicated by a greyish band between 10th and 13th segments.