can someone tell me which type these are

[teresa]

are these achatina fulica

[Paul]

They look like fulica to me but it's hard to tell from overhead shots.

What colour is the columella?

If it is pink/red they are likely to be immaculata.

If white or blue-ish white, then they are fulica.

[teresa]

its a dark brown

[Paul]

Can you get me a picture of the underside of the shell, so I can see the aperture and columella clearly. I need the picture to be as flat as possible, if taken from an angle I'll not be able to judge the dimensions. Immaculata can have brownish columellas, due to fading and Achatina balteata has a brown columella. Unfortunately close inspection of the nepionic whorls would be needed to determine this. But I can look at the aperture size, ratio of aperture to shell, columella shape and truncation to help make a judgement.

[sezzy5889]

they look like fulica to me, and very beautiful ones at that :-)

[teresa]

[teresa]

are these any better photos of them

[CelticCraftress]

Wow, those are some pretty little guys! Whatever they are, be sure to add "sunset" or somthing neat to their name. That's what the coloring remind me of.

[LisaLQ]

Look like fulicas to me too - big fat conkers *love*

[Kevin]

I cant see the columella colour on any of the photos, the snails body seems to cover it. Could you get a picture of them with the snails body carefully pushed back? if they're columella colour is blue, or white, then they're most probably fulica.

Do you have any information on whether the snails are wild caught, or captive bred? if wild caught do you know where they're wild caught from

[teresa]

there captive bred the comumella colour your looking for is a tinted blue colour

[Paul]

In that case, they are fulica, they certainly look like it from the underside.

[teresa]

ok thankyou

[sonicsnail]

Yes, they look like fulica to me.