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Species Scolopendra heros - Giant Redheaded Centipede

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Myriapoda (Myriapods)
Class Chilopoda (Centipedes)
Order Scolopendromorpha (Bark Centipedes)
Family Scolopendridae
Genus Scolopendra
Species heros (Giant Redheaded Centipede)
Explanation of Names
Scolopendra heros Girard 1853
Size
avg. ~6.5" (up to 8"); our largest centipede. ―Rowland Shelley
Identification
many color variants
Range
so.-c. & sw. US (map)(1) and n.Mexico • Ranges southward ~¼ of the way into Mexico; not found west of the Colorado River in CA. ―Rowland Shelley