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  2. Scolopendra heros - Wikipedia

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    S. heros is found in northern Mexico and the southwestern United States, from New Mexico and Arizona in the west to Arkansas, Missouri, and Louisiana in the east. Although this species is commonly referred to as the "giant desert centipede" because of its presence in the Sonoran and Chihuahuan Deserts, and other arid and semi-arid habitats, S. heros is also found in rocky woodland areas, such ...

  3. Orthoporus ornatus - Wikipedia

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    Orthoporus ornatus (also known as the desert millipede) is a North American species of millipede in the family Spirostreptidae that can be found in the U.S. states of Arizona, New Mexico and Texas, and as far south as the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí. They became very popular in the pet trade and many were exported to Western Europe.

  4. Paeromopus paniculus - Wikipedia

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    Paeromopus paniculus is a species of millipede endemic to the Sierra Nevada mountains in the United States state of California. Reaching up to 16.5 centimeters (6.5 inches) in length, it is the longest known millipede in North America. [1] [2] [3]

  5. Paeromopus - Wikipedia

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    Paeromopus millipedes are long and cylindrical, measuring 10 to 16.5 cm (3.9 to 6.5 in) in length and up to 8 mm (0.3 in) wide, with 68 to 80 body segments.The body color in most is brown to black with bands of light brown or yellow, although some individuals are dark gray or bluish gray with indistinct bands.

  6. Scolopendra polymorpha - Wikipedia

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    Scolopendra polymorpha as found in the Tonto Forest near Payson, Arizona. Scolopendra polymorpha is indigenous to the deserts of western North America; in Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona in the United States, and in Sonora and Chihuahua in northern Mexico. They primarily seek shelter during the day in moist, cool areas such as under desert rocks ...

  7. Narceus americanus - Wikipedia

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    Narceus americanus is a large millipede of eastern North America. Common names include American giant millipede, [1] worm millipede, and iron worm. [2] It inhabits the eastern seaboard of North America west to Georgetown, Texas, north of the Ottine wetlands. [3] It has a nearly cylindrical gray body, reaching a length of 4 inches (100 mm). [4]

  8. Paeromopus angusticeps - Wikipedia

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    Paeromopus angusticeps is a species of millipede found in the U.S. state of California.It occupies the largest geographic range of all four species of Paeromopus, occupying much of Northern California in a large arc extending from Monterey County on the central coast, north along the Coast Ranges to Humboldt County, and descending along the Cascades and Sierra Nevada range of eastern California.

  9. Scolopendra subspinipes - Wikipedia

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    Scolopendra subspinipes is a species of very large centipede found throughout southeastern Asia. One of the most widespread and common species in the genus Scolopendra, it is also found on virtually all land areas around and within the Indian Ocean, all of tropical and subtropical Asia from Russia to the islands of Malaysia and Indonesia, Australia, South and Central America, the Caribbean ...