Scolopendra heros heros "blotched"

[Lucanus95]

Got these beauties from @Triprion ! They came in good shape and they all look gorgeous!
If anyone is interested in getting some heros I highly recommend getting them from him!

PS. They are in temporary container in the pics so I could take pics easily. They were moved into their own enclosures after photo session

 

[BobBarley]

Whoa! Awesome pedes! That bottom one is really black wow! What are their BL?

 

[Staehilomyces]

Absolutely stunning pedes!

 

[Nephila Edulis]

Fantastic centipedes!

 

[Galapoheros]

I know what Triprion's been doing hehe.

 

[RTTB]

Beautiful centipedes. Tripiron is awesome to deal with.

 

[Lucanus95]

Whoa! Awesome pedes! That bottom one is really black wow! What are their BL?

Thanks Most were around 6"+ ish and only one was a tiny juvenile (around 2.5")

Absolutely stunning pedes!

Thanks

Fantastic centipedes!

Thanks

I know what Triprion's been doing hehe.

Collecting in TX to obtain pedes for me

Beautiful centipedes. Tripiron is awesome to deal with.

Thanks He really is! I'm hoping to buy more pedes from him in the future!

 

[Galapoheros]

The darker one is prob a color variety mix, I have some that look like that.

 

[Lucanus95]

The darker one is prob a color variety mix, I have some that look like that.

Sounds like these were collected from intergradation zone between two subspecies.

 

[DubiaW]

They look like the ones that are collected around El Paso.

 

[DubiaW]

Sounds like these were collected from intergradation zone between two subspecies.

That's true the bottom one looks like some cross breed photos.

 

[Staehilomyces]

Bordering distribution with castaneiceps perhaps?

 

[Lucanus95]

That's true the bottom one looks like some cross breed photos.

Bordering distribution with castaneiceps perhaps?

I was thinking the same. If I remember correctly blotched heros are found in and near Davis Mountains so I wonder how far the castaneiceps range into this area (assuming they even occur there).

 

[DubiaW]

I was thinking the same. If I remember correctly blotched heros are found in and near Davis Mountains so I wonder how far the castaneiceps range into this area (assuming they even occur there).

I did a little reading. Scolopendra heros heros from the Big Bend area of Texas look like this. Davis Mt's are just east of that area. This is the same kind that I have heard of being collected around El Paso. A few cross breed pics look the same though. If the original poster knows the origin of collection we would know for sure. If it isn't a cross then it might be S. h. heros. There are more variants than the three "archetypes" of the subspecies listed in the US because S. h. is highly variable. A local pede guy told me he had a place to collect paraarizonensis, I'm not sure if he is referring to tiger morph heros or what, but he did research with the university on S. heros, and he might be talking about something that is unpublished. I haven't been able to locate a paper on it yet.