Southwestern Center for Herpetological Research

What species is this?

by renton
Jun 10, 2006 7:03 AM · 2583 views · 38.0 k · 640 x 480

Keywords: giant centipede identification

I just bought this pede from the local shop and can`t decide what species it is. It looks like a few i`ve seen but all have had different names. its about 4" long and fairly docile. soz 4 dodgy pic but its a phone camera. cheers

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Comments (2)

Emperor

Jun 15, 2006 1:30 PM

Kinda hard to tell from the photo, but it looks to me like a Scolopendra polymorpha. You might want to do a little research and see if it compares...

renton

Jun 16, 2006 3:29 AM

thanks for that. after looking at a few photos i`m pretty certain its a polymorpha. thanks again

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