Help ID Peruvian centipede

[HubbleBubble]

I was told that it is from Peru, and it is about 25cm long, please healp me to id these pede

 

[beetleman]

i have the same one looks like scolopendra galaponensis(spelling) orange form,back then it was called scolopendra gigantea robusta.it's a beauty!

 

[zonbonzovi]

That is really stunning and very near red. Is that uncharacteristic of the orange form?

 

[Kazaam]

Post pictures of the terminal legs, otherwise you're not going to get a proper ID.

 

[beetleman]

mine is a tad lighter,but in the past when they were always avail.(1990 s) they would either be dark or lighter, back then i had both. could be local? for the different shades....don't know.

 

[Galapoheros]

It could be a large form of Sc. alternans, I don't see a ring furrow on that one. I was sent a pic of what looked like one of these recently but the seller said it was alternans and also said it was 25cm.

 

[MrCrackerpants]

Cool. Love the red.

 

[GTX460]

i think Scolopendra alternans, maybe, they from german dealer.

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http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2013/02/18/caribbean-centipede-from-dominican-republic/


check this.

 

[Kazaam]

If they're from a German dealer I'm guessing it was the Polyped guy.

And in that case, it's most likely a S. alternans.
I've seen them for sale, it's not S. galapagoensis and it's not S. gigantea either.

May I ask how much you paid for it?

 

[beetleman]

yeah, by closer looking at it,it does look like alternans,maybe barbados, ahhh my eyes.........gotta get glasses

 

[HubbleBubble]

I did not buy it yet, Russian supplier told me that 3 pedes like this were bought and imported from Germany, and he wrote that it is gigantea(at least it costs like gigantea), but I am not sure

 

[Lurchenstien]

It's looking like this, which is labelled as a gigantea, and doesn't have the same price tag that my alternans had.

http://www.thespidershop.co.uk/insect/popup_image.php?pID=2862

 

[Kazaam]

Ask your Russian supplier from who he's getting them.

 

[Galapoheros]

It's not gigantea if it doesn't have a ring furrow. But imo there seems to be taxonomic issues with centipedes and a relatively few people studying these so taxonomic revision some time in the future might show these not to be alternans either. I think those big ones on the islands and larger land masses between Florida and north S. amer with no ring furrow are currently IDd as alternans right now though.

 

[HubbleBubble]

I have 1 more pic of these pede

Even if it is not a real S. Gigantea, it is huge and cool and I think I will buy one

 

[Kazaam]

I agree, it's a good looking pede.
I wouldn't buy it for the same price as a S. gigantea though.

How much do they cost?

 

[HubbleBubble]

The price is similar to the UK supplier http://www.thespidershop.co.uk/insect/product_info.php?products_id=2862

 

[Galapoheros]

It is cool looking, there is an old vid somewhere of some guy messing around with one of these in the wild, something like a discovery channel clip but I can't find the vid. That's a lot of $, if I had $ to burn I guess I'd do it with hopes of getting a female, then hoping to get plings later. But since it's already big like that and just planned to have one, I don't know, they could be kind of old you know, and maybe last a year or so. Hey but that's just me, maybe you could preserve it later if it dies soon.

 

[GTX460]

i think that clip is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAE0bicWLCA. Man vs Wild

that Scolopendra is from Dominican Republic. also Called Hispaniola

 

[Kazaam]

300 bucks is pretty expensive for a 'pede that hasn't been properly identified.