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Mukade

Scolopendra japonica

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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25 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Japan.January 5, February 5, March 5, April 28, May 35, June 45, July 19, August 8, September 13, October 27, November 4, December 5.
Japan199
Tokyo61
Kanagawa38
China33
Jiangsu Province22
Aichi Prefecture13
Chiba9
Nara Prefecture7
Kyoto Prefecture7
Miyagi7

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassCentipedes · Chilopoda
OrderTropical Centipedes · Scolopendromorpha
FamilyScolopendrid Centipedes · Scolopendridae
GenusGiant Centipedes · Scolopendra

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Mukade with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.