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Texas Millipede

Orthoporus texicolens

90 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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21 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.

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What the records say

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 Mexico.January 0, February 0, March 0, April 2, May 0, June 1, July 2, August 2, September 4, October 0, November 0, December 1.
Mexico12
United States11
Texas11
Nuevo Leon3
Sonora3
Coahuila de Zaragoza2
Oaxaca2
Puebla1
Sinaloa1

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

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassMillipedes · Diplopoda
OrderSpirostreptida
FamilyFlatplate Millipedes · Spirostreptidae
GenusOrthoporus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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