1.           Jaws absent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Haemopis plumbea

             Jaws present, 9-25 pairs of teeth per jaw (distichodont). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

2.          Gonopores separated by 6 1/2-7 annuli; female gonopore large, conical and              nipple-like in adults, flattened in immatures. Body smooth, without pronounced              papillae; jaws with 15 pairs of teeth each; gonopores separated by 6 1/2-7              annulli; dorsum uniformly dark olive-green with faint dark longitudinal middorsal              stripe and numerous small irregular scattered black flecks that continue onto              dorsal side of daudal sucker. Venter lighter oliver green without black flecks,              occasionally with yellow lateral margins; length 200 mm, firm and muscular;              amphibious to terrestrial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Haemopis septagon

             Gonopores separated by 5-5 1/2 annuli. Jaws with 12-16 pairs of teeth each;              caudal sucker approximately half as wide as body width; dorsum with variable              color, usually olive green, yellow gray with irregular moderate to extensive black              mottling dorsally and ventrally, or uniform dark gray with few irrugular black              blotches; amphibious to terrestrial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Haemopis marmorata

Key to Species of Haemopis
Modified from Moser, et al. (2016)
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Leeches (Hirudinea) of Ohio