sauromalus's Identifications

This organism that I observed is known as an earthworm. An earthworm is a segmented worm which classifies it as a member of the phylum Annelida. The phylum Annelida falls into the group of protostome organisms, which therefore also classifies the earthworm as a protostome organism. This means that its blastopore turns into a mouth before it forms an anus. Protostomes also share the characteristics of having spiral and determinate cleavage. The specific worm I observed was pretty long for a worm and it was also quite wide around. It had a very light shade of pink with some spots of dirt and you could see the segmentation of it if you look close enough as there were little ridges lining across the back of worm. The worm was seen outside of my apartment in Tampa, Florida along the sidewalk beside the road. More information on the earthworm can be found at https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detailfull/soils/health/biology/?cid=nrcs142p2_053863

Seen shortly after passing three DOR individuals in short succession. Snake moved off of road after photos were taken.
GIF of movement included.