The Giant African Snail was released accidentally in Brazil, and this one is several generations crawl from the nearest human habitation at 2500 meters elevation on the summit of the Condor Range, Peru-Ecuador Border. Locally called Ampulla. In context at www.dixpix.ca/Amazon/fauna/riverlife/index.html
Date 2 November 2014, 16:45
Source Achatina fulica
Author Dick Culbert https://www.flickr.com/people/92252798@N07 from Gibsons, B.C., Canada
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Achatina_fulica_-_Flickr_-_Dick_Culbert.jpg

The giant African snail or giant African land snail (Lissachatina fulica) is a species of large land snail that belong in the Achatinidae family. The species is native to East Africa, but it has been widely introduced to other parts of the world through the pet trade, as a food resource, and by accidental introduction.