Background: Despite their large size, striking colouration and genital extravagance, the taxonomy of the European giant keelback slugs of the genus is still poorly understood. Preliminary morphological and molecular data suggest that many unnamed or unrecognised species exist, especially in the Alps, the Mediterranean and the Balkans.

New Information: We organised a citizen science expedition to Durmitor National Park in Montenegro and discovered a new species, genetically distinct, but morphologically similar to the sympatric Wolf 1803 and describe it as .

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