There are 20 species of leeches living in the wild in the Czech Republic.
19 species were recorded in Moravia.
Species Erpobdelliformes Erpobdellidae Erpobdella lineata (O. F. Müller, 1774) Erpobdella nigricollis (Brandes, 1900) Erpobdella octoculata (Linnaeus, 1758) Erpobdella testacea (Savigny, 1822) Erpobdella vilnensis Liskiewicz, 1927 Erpobdella bykowskii Gedroyc, 1913
Hirudiniformes Hirudinidae Haemopis sanguisuga (Linnaeus, 1758) Hirudo medicinalis Linnaeus, 1758
Rhynchobdellida Glossiphoniidae Batracobdella paludosa (Carena, 1824) Glossiphonia complanata (Linnaeus, 1758) Glossiphonia concolor (Apathy, 1888) Glossiphonia heteroclita (Linnaeus, 1761) Glossiphonia nebulosa (Kalbe, 1964) Glossiphonia slovaca (Košel, 1972) Helobdella stagnalis (Linnaeus, 1758) Hemiclepsis marginata (O. F. Müller, 1774) Theromyzon tessulatum (O. F. Müller, 1774) Piscicolidae Piscicola geometra (Linnaeus, 1758) Caspiobdella fadejewi (Epstein, 1961)
See also Fauna of the Czech Republic
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