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Achatinidae

Giant Pink-foot / Immaculate Land Snail

Achatina immaculataหอยทากยักษ์Lissachatina immaculata

Narrower than the page we cite. The source we cite, read on 10 Aug 2026, gives a wider range than the one above. The narrowing is ours and nobody here has written down why. en.wikipedia.org

Photograph: HardLucy · CC BY

Photographed by an observer on iNaturalist and published under a Creative Commons licence; the photographer and the licence are named under the image. It is not an animal of ours, and no animal was handled by us to produce it.

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Drag the sun. Giant Pink-foot / Immaculate Land Snail is nocturnal, so what it is doing changes with the light.

Burrowing · temperate · humidFrom the sheet: 24–28°C, humidity 70–90%

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Temperature24–28 °C
Humidity70–90 %
Diet1 days

The numbers

Temperature

152025303540 °C
24–28°Ambient

One ambient band, 24–28°C. This sheet states no warm side, no cool side and no night figure, so none are shown. Same scale on every sheet here, so two species compare by eye.

The sheet states24-28°C

Humidity

70–90%Target RH

The sheet states70-90%

Enclosure
20 L+ ventilated tub with locking lid

Identity

Adult size

1.75 m12–16 cm
1520100400 cm
12–16 cmNose to tail, adult

The size the sheet states for a grown animal.

Why

Two drawings, because they answer two questions. The silhouette is at true scale against a 1.75 m person: it says how big this animal actually is, which no number does for someone who has never seen one. The bar under it is logarithmic and shared by every sheet here, so a 2 cm isopod and a 4 m python both stay readable on the same axis and two species can be compared at a glance.

Order / Family
Stylommatophora
Origin
IUCN / CITES
Not evaluated; Achatinidae banned/illegal in USA & many countries (invasive risk)
Difficulty
Beginner
Commonality
Common in hobby where legal
Adult size
Shell up to ~12–16 cm
Lifespan
5–10 yrs
Growth rate
Fast
Activity & niche
Nocturnal terrestrial herbivore
Temperament
Docile, slow
Venom / defense
Harmless; can carry parasites: wash hands after handling

Enclosure and conditions

Temperature
24–28°C
Humidity
70–90%
Min. enclosure
20 L+ ventilated tub with locking lid
Substrate
8–10 cm damp coco/soil for burrowing & eggs
Hides / decor / water
Cork bark, leaf litter, moss; shallow water dish

What your climate adds

This sheet states a range to hold. Your local climate decides how much work holding it is. Pick the nearest city: nothing is sent anywhere, the choice stays in this browser.

Diet

Feeding rhythm

every 1 dAs the sheet states
28Meals in 28 days

Twenty-eight days, one row. Each band is a meal window.

Why

The windows widen as they go because the interval is a range: four meals after a 10–14 day cycle land anywhere between day 40 and day 56.

The sheet statesLeafy greens, veg, fruit, cuttlebone · Fresh food daily

Staple food
Leafy greens, veg, fruit, cuttlebone
Feeding frequency
Fresh food daily
Supplements
Cuttlebone / calcium always available (shell growth)

Behaviour and handling

HandlingGentle; wash hands after; never release
CommunalYes – tolerant communal
Defense / stress signsRetracting, epiphragm sealing, inactivity

Reproduction

Life course

Day 0Hatch
5–10 yrLifespan in care
5 yrMinimum commitment
Sexual maturityNot in our data

Read from the lifespan and maturity the sheet states, for animals in care and not in the wild.

Why

The minimum commitment is the low end of that lifespan, and the reproductive window is what is left after maturity: both are subtractions on stated figures, not figures of their own.

Reproduction
Hermaphrodite; prolific egg-layer

Common health problems

Common health issues
SignsShell rot/cracks, low-calcium shell, dehydration
Red flags / quarantine
SignsNever release (invasive); check legality before sale/export

Good to know

  • Recognisable by its candy-pink foot and racing-stripe apex.

What it needs

A thermometerbecause temp — 24-28°C
A hygrometerbecause humidity — 70–90%
Not stated: The size of the enclosurethis sheet describes the enclosure without a figure: « 20 L+ ventilated tub with locking lid »

Every line above is deduced from a value this sheet states, and names which one. Nothing here is a general recommendation. What the sheet does not state is listed too, rather than left out: a kit that looks complete is worse than one that names its gap.

Sources

en.wikipedia.orgaphis.usda.gov

Others in this group

Caribbean / Purple Pincher Hermit CrabCoenobita clypeatusGiant African Land SnailLissachatina fulicaRed Apple CrabMetasesarma aubryiIndonesian / Purple Land Hermit CrabCoenobita brevimanusRuggie Land Hermit CrabCoenobita rugosusVampire Crab (assorted Geosesarma)Geosesarma sp. (e.g. dennerle, 'red devil')Giant West African / Banana Rasp SnailArchachatina marginataConcave / Cavipes Land Hermit CrabCoenobita cavipes

What this sheet states

100%
TemperatureHumidityEnclosure sizeActivityOriginDietSourcesUVB

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UVB is measured but does not count: it is absent from 421 of 678 sheets, and on most of them that is not a gap, since a nocturnal snake's sheet has no reason to state a UV index. Counting it would call the library incomplete without cause.