Abstract
Drawida ghilarovi Gates, 1969, a Red Book endemic found in Primorje and Khabarovsk Krai south, is represented in the forest by a live form of aneciques (=burrowing) and in the wetland – by soil-litter (=epigeic) worms. These moniligastrida noticeably differ both in pigmentation and in ecology specifics. Forest drawida have two stable color forms: brown (herpetobiont) and grey with various shade variations (inhabits the 0-10cm layer). Meadow-swamp inhabitants are only black. They protruded far north along the Amur floodplain. Experiments showed that grey worms can survive in peat soils, whereas black drawida die in forest soils. Sympatry of these oligochaeta has not been noted yet.
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