Obama anthropophila

Geoplana ladislavii sensu Froehlich, 1959 (in part) Obama anthropophila is a species of Brazilian land planarian in the subfamily Geoplaninae.

The dorsal eyes are surrounded by a region without pigmentation (halo), which can be visible on darker individuals through fine inspection as a set of small light dots.

[1] The specific epithet is derived from the Greek language words άνθρωπος (ánthropos), "man", and φίλος (fílos), "loved", in reference to the man-disturbed habitats where the type specimens were discovered.

[2] In the laboratory, O. anthropophila captures and consumes small land gastropods, including some agricultural pests, such as Bradybaena similaris, Cornu aspersum and Deroceras laeve.

[3] It also feeds on other land planarians, such as Luteostriata abundans, which probably constitute its main native prey, and invasive species, such as Dolichoplana carvalhoi and Endeavouria septemlineata.

Mature specimen of Obama anthropophila about to lay an egg case. The mature testes are clearly visible as two rows of irregular dark spots on the dorsum.