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Chinese Red-headed Centipede

Scolopendra mutilans

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in China.January 12, February 8, March 19, April 68, May 95, June 98, July 80, August 85, September 63, October 58, November 17, December 3.
China606
Japan496
South Korea205
Taiwan200
Taiwan Province193
Zhejiang Province161
Jiangsu Province141
Kyoto Prefecture79
Kanagawa59
Aichi Prefecture49

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

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Practise Chinese Red-headed Centipede with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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