Scolopendra cingulata?

[Kaos]

Anyone know if this is Scolopendra cingulata

 

[Kaos]

another pic

 

[Kaos]

Last one

 

[Steven]

doesn't look like a cingulata to me :?

where did you buy it ?
and did they told you from wich country it came ???


but nice pede,....
:}

 

[Kaos]

Bought it at a pet store. Only thing they knew was that they were rare and possibly from south america:? I did however get on in a order from Tanzania that looks very much like it, it is just smaller. This one is 4-5".

 

[Steven]

from south america :? :? :?

can you count the antenna articles and the numbers of "spines" on the last pair of legss ???

or maybe get some good close-ups of the head with antenna and of the last pair of legss ???

A friend of mine has just the same i guess,.. only that his is almost 20cm (which is the biggest i've seen for these kinda "tigerpedes")


Cheers

 

[genious_gr]

Nope, dont think cingulatas have red heads...

 

[Kaos]

Hi Steven.

Have counted them, the antenna is parted in 20 segments. The hind legs are 5 segments. Here's some pics:

 

[Kaos]

one more

 

[Kaos]

hind legs

 

[Kaos]

Some pics of my other pede, same specie?

 

[Kaos]

Hunting cricket

 

[Kaos]

Close up of head

 

[Kaos]

Last pic

 

[Steven]

Wooow nice pictures,...

Can't tell right a way,... but i'm sure gonna do some researching,... cause i'm almost sure it's the same specie like my friend has,...

someone who can tell the specie right away ???



Cheers

 

[scarypoppins]

yea well the lady in the pet store you got it from was kinda right when she said south america the centipede you have is scolopendra polymorpha and it is found in the south in america. but ther are 5 differant morphs of the polymorpha. arizona, california, texas, and tanzania africa. i have all of them in my colection and the one in your pic looks like the one from tanzania. hope this helps

 

[fatbloke]

nice photos andlooking pede
i used to have one of those i thought it was a different colouration of s.cingulata that came in from tanzania

john

 

[Kaos]

Thanks everyone. Anyone else? Polymorpha or Cingulata?

 

[Steven]

To be honest,..
i wouldn't go for either,... no Cingulata and no Polymorpha
But what is it then ???? :? :?
=D

i'll give it a shot this evening



To what i've read and heard,...
Polymorpha's aren't originated in Africa.
Cingulata have a different bodystructure.

 

[Kaos]

Ok:? Looking forward to hear what you come up with Steven.