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Species Scolopendra heros - Giant Redheaded Centipede

Giant Red-Headed Centipede - Scolopendra heros

Scolopendra heros communication - Scolopendra heros - male - female

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

Remarks

R.M. Shelley on its venomous bites

Works Cited

1.	Shelley R.M. (2002-) The centipede order Scolopendromorpha in North America

Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 13 October, 2005 - 6:10am
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, v belov, Harsi S. Parker, Tyler Hedlund
Last updated 20 October, 2023 - 4:22pm

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