Centipede Identification

[Madsspiders]

Hello everyone I decided to take the jump and get my first centipede. I bought it from a pet store, and it was listed as a "green striped centipede". When I google green striped centipede I can't find any pictures that look like the centipede I bought. I'm thinking it might be Scolopendra polymorpha. It was between that and a Vietnamese yellow-legged centipede but that one was big and mean lol. Thanks in advance! a

 

[Brewser]

I would contact the Pet Store Manager and ask for more Information.
Including where Pede Originated From / Collected,
Scientific Name,
anything else They may know.

 

[Wolfram1]

possibly S. polymorpha, i can't differenciate them from some others to be honest

it would be nice to see a comparison between S. polymorpha (US) & the similarly coloured form of S. cingulata (Europe)

 

[Madsspiders]

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I would contact the Pet Store Manager and ask for more Information.
Including where Pede Originated From / Collected,
Scientific Name,
anything else They may know.

I tried, that's all the info that I could get out of any of the employees unfortunately :/ Probably my bad for buying from a pet store.

 

[Madsspiders]

possibly S. polymorpha, i can't differenciate them from some others to be honest

it would be nice to see a comparison between S. polymorpha (US) & the similarly coloured form of S. cingulata (Europe)

Thanks for the response!

 

[Wolfram1]

np, i tried finding an identification key for S. polymorpha but no luck so far

the one i found did not include Scolopendra polymorpha or any american pedes really...

Lewis, 2010: “A key and annotated list of the Scolopendra species of the Old World with a reappraisal of Arthrorhabdus (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha: Scolopendridae)”

this website is german but if you can translate it it does contain fantastic information:

ScoloHub.com

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scolohub.com

 

[Odium]

This species of Scolopendra definitely belongs to the New World. This can be confirmed by looking at the groove on the first segment after the head.
So, i guess polymorpha is the most probable variant.