About Helix engaddensis Bourguignat, 1852
Helix engaddensis is a species of snail that is common in the Levant, where it lives in Mediterranean, desert, and montane climates. It is smaller and usually lighter in color than the closely related European garden snail. H. engaddensis undergoes estivation: it remains dormant underground during the dry season, and emerges after the first rains in late autumn. Mating occurs shortly after the snails emerge. The snails stay active throughout the winter, except in high montane regions, where they may be forced into an atypical hibernation. They return to an inactive state at the end of the wet season, which falls in midspring.
