The African giant snail, also known as the brown cloud agate snail, is a large terrestrial snail native to East Africa. The shells are long-ovoid, slightly thick and glossy, usually yellow or dark yellow, with a pyrobrown haze pattern. Adult individuals generally 7-8cm long, up to 20cm, weight up to 800 grams. It has the habit of nocturnal and nocturnal, likes humid environment, and often inhabits vegetable fields, orchards, overgrown areas and humus soil. It is an omnivorous animal that feeds on vegetables, flowers, fruits and other crops, causing certain harm to agriculture. The reproductive ability is extremely strong, the life span is generally 5-6 years.

The African giant snail, also known as the brown cloud agate snail, African giant snail, vegetable snail, flower snail, etc., is a soft bodied animal belonging to the Agate snail family. The African giant snail is a medium to large terrestrial snail. The African giant snail is distributed in Guangdong, Hong Kong, Yunnan, Guangxi, Fujian, and Taiwan in China. The Zanzibar and Pemba Islands along the East African coast are the original habitats of the African giant snail. The African giant snail is a global agricultural pest that has had a significant impact and harm on China's native species, ecological environment, and socio-economic development. It is the intermediate host of many human and animal parasites and pathogens, especially for the transmission of tuberculosis and eosinophilic meningitis.