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Androctonus_bic

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Sorry now I know it is from Mexico (estado de jalisco, la Region de los Altos sur ) So in mexico there is a lot of scolopendra sp. any idea?
 

peterbourbon

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Hey,

alright, let's start a systematic analysis with the information we actually have.
The following Scolopendra-species are distributed in Mexico - and the red species don't fit with the provided distribution area, the other ones in bold can be taken in closer consideration:

Scolopendra aztecorum Verhoeff, 1934.
Mexico, Baja California Sur, La Paz


Scolopendra chlora Chamberlin, 1942.
Mexico, Michoacan, above Apatzingan.


Scolopendra heros Girard, 1853.
Mexico; USA.


Scolopendra michoacana Chamberlin, 1941
Mexico, Michoacan, Tancitaro.


Scolopendra octodentata Verhoeff, 1934.
Mexico, Baja California Sur, Sierra de la Victoria


Scolopendra pachygnatha Pocock, 1895.
Mexico, Zacatecas, Mezauital del Oro.


Scolopendra polymorpha Wood, 1861.
Mexico; USA.


Scolopendra pomacea C.L. Koch, 1847.
Mexico, Michoacan, Tancitaro


Scolopendra robusta Kraepelin, 1903.
Mexico, Nuevo León, Monterey


Scolopendra sumichrasti Saussure, 1860.
Mexico, Veracruz


Scolopendra viridis genuina Verhoeff, 1934.
Mexico, Sinaloa, Topolobampo


Scolopendra viridis maya Saussure, 1860.
Mexico, ?Hidalgo, Huitznopal, between Mextitlan & Tampico


Scolopendra viridis lagunensis Verhoeff, 1934.
Mexico, Baja California Sur, La Laguna, near La Paz


Scolopendra viridis storkáni Verhoeff, 1934.
Mexico, Baja California Sur, La Paz



So we are left with the following species:

- Scolopendra chlora Chamberlin, 1942.
- Scolopendra michoacana Chamberlin, 1941
- Scolopendra pomacea C.L. Koch, 1847.
- Scolopendra viridis genuina Verhoeff, 1934.

I will have a detailed look later on, but i suppose we'll need more detail pics to break down to species.

Regards
Turgut
 

Androctonus_bic

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So without papers and better pictures we can't do the correct Id...
Another time it will be...

Cheers
Carles
 

krabbelspinne

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I know that my english is not the best, but my experiences in photography is good enough to give my proper opinion to this "photoshoped" picture...
 

Galapoheros

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Pretty cool looking! You think it's photoshopped? I wonder if there is a place to email the person through photobucket? Maybe through the comment section. I may try it.
 

Steven

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i think in natural light and without over-saturation on the blue it would look more like this (something green/blue/greyish):


my guess is on Scolopendra viridis genuina
just based on feeling, location and colors :eek:

but more pictures are needed to be sure on its ID, offcourse ;)
 

Androctonus_bic

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He say that It is not edited, the person who take the picture promise in a spanish forum that it is like you see in the picture. Maybe like steven say, it has camera efects not edition efects.

He say that is a new sp. and (he is new in the hobby, so it is based in a pure impression IMO) he put the name "Azul gomita" that means something like "Blue Little gum"...:? (If Lineaus decide to stand up his head... for sure it suffer a stroke)

I can contact with him and try to get more pictures of this pede... but if we don't have any taxonomic paper of the mexican pedes that have the keys to ID some pede of that country... we don't have nothing.

Cheers
Carles
 
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cacoseraph

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colors look over saturated to me, too

could be picture taker had white balance messed up... or i purposefully over expose (i think that is the setting) to get a little bit better color in my own pics
 

krabbelspinne

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@Steven:

Hey, how are you?
I think it is much darker without flash light, so that the blue is dark blue to black and the red is more a brownish red - but it is just a feeling...

@ Androctonus:

The problem is not the missing papers but the missing detailed pics of the species...
 

Steven

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@Steven:
Hey, how are you?
all good,... hope the same with you
had some very busy year(s) behind me,
now slowly getting settled and gaining more time again for the hobby :)


on topic:
any news on this one ? :?
 

Androctonus_bic

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Yes they are!







I couldn't get too many more info about it.:rolleyes:

What about ID?

Cheers
Carles
 

Hercules Hernandez

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Hate to bring an old thread back to life, but the pics aren’t edited. I’ve been talking to a friend in Mexico who is new to Chilopoda in general, and he has sent me pictures of a similar specimen he found in Chiapas, MX, along with some Scolopendra v. maya.
 

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