New to centipedes, ID help, NO PIC!

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Bazzgazm

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I haven't gotten anything yet.

but the centipede in question is roughly 6-7" in length with relatively wide body segments.

the legs are a yellow color, body segments are muddy/brownish, with the first 2 (head and first segment) red in color, and the last 2 red in color.

This is going to be a commonly imported species seen in petshops (this is a local pet shop supplied from possibly Outback Reptile in Northern Virginia)

Any ideas on what this could be or what features i could look for to tell what it may be so that i can know more about it before any purchases are made. i would hate to mis-id this as mutilans and end up with 1 very fat non communal scorpion! (lol)
 
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I work at a pet shop here in CA and the only big scolos we get are the "Vietnam Orange Leg" and "Vietnam Yellow Leg" (Both I think are Scolopendra subspinipes de haani)
 
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Do a google image search and look up "Scolopendra subspinipes mutilans" as well as S.s.de haani. You should be able to find something that looks like the pede and get a good idea.
 
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Need pictures to really say but from your description it sounds to me like a Scolopendra subspinipes "de haani" vietnamese sp. yellow leg.
 
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lol yeah, need pics REAL bad. "commonly imported", that would leave out heros I think, I'm still thinking mutilans so far. Where'd he go?
 
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Galapoheros said:
I'm still thinking mutilans so far.
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No way.

Bazzgazm said:
but the centipede in question is roughly 6-7" in length with relatively wide body segments.

the legs are a yellow color, body segments are muddy/brownish, with the first 2 (head and first segment) red in color, and the last 2 red in color.
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S. subspinipes mutilans average 4-5" in total length, and are very slender in comparison to other Scolopendra species. Their body is a very dark greenish-black, not muddy or brown.

The OP's description of the animal screams S. subspinipes dehaani.
 
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appreciated!

i'm off on monday and will take a good gander with the info provided. They're very inexpensive and i'm hunkering for a new beast of some sort.
if i do decide i'll get some pics and figure it out for sure
 
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Draiman said:
No way.



S. subspinipes mutilans average 4-5" in total length, and are very slender in comparison to other Scolopendra species. Their body is a very dark greenish-black, not muddy or brown.

The OP's description of the animal screams S. subspinipes dehaani.
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Well, you're prob right, I don't get the "red head" thing though. Is it common for some dehaani to have a red head? ...I've only had a few.
 
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Galapoheros said:
Well, you're prob right, I don't get the "red head" thing though. Is it common for some dehaani to have a red head? ...I've only had a few.
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Dehaani do have red heads.

What the OP said about the pede's length and girth, plus the "muddy" body color and the fact he found it at a local pet shop (mutilans are much more uncommon) - all strongly point to S. subspinipes dehaani.
 
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It is more red than the rest of the body on most, never really paid attention to it before, ...yeah, read the other stuff.
 
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Galapoheros, I apologise if I sounded harsh. Upon re-reading the two posts of mine above, I think they might have annoyed some.
 
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Hey no problem!, it's the world wide web, we can only type so it's hard to read emotion. One time a person on here that I have met in person was clowning around with one of my posts, but I think a moderator saw it as an attack on a member. But they were just kiddin around since they know me, I heard about later..haha, I didn't know what was going on.
 
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