In 2009, a major scare in the Auckland Region of New Zealand was sparked after several dogs died of tetrodotoxin poisoning after eating Pleurobranchaea maculata (grey side-gilled seaslug) on beaches.
Trachylepis maculata | In February, migrant ''B. v. virescens'' and resident birds sometimes separated as ''B. v. maculata'' occur at Tarpon Springs, Florida |