South-African scolopendra

Steven

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This is yet an undeterminated specie of scolopendra.
hopefully soon to be described :D

special thanx to Heteroscodra ;)

 

Bob

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Now your making us U.S. collectors jealous !!!!

Bob....again
 

Steven

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i've got 3 specimen,....
as i can determine 2 males and 1 female,...

i'm on with the "rotation" methode for a month now,... still no results :(

maybe i'm gonna try and put 2 together,... but i'll first gonna "rotate" a couple of months further.
 

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How are you telling Male from Female ?

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Steven

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How are you telling Male from Female
i don't know if this goes out for all scolopendra species
but there's is a rather big differnce between the last pair of leggs on a male and a female specimen,.... females have rather thick taillegss and males heve longer and thinner taillegss,...

it is hard to see (almost impossible) if you only got 1 specimen in front of you.

i'm gonna try and take a picture of a couple(male+female) of these pedes,....

don't know how i'm gonna achieve that (rather furious species to keep still in front of a cam.) and two side by side,.... mmmmmmmm
i'll give it a try sometime :D
 

Henry Kane

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That is by far one of the best looking Scolopendra I have ever seen. Best of luck breeding them.

Atrax
 

Mendi

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Awesome looking pede!!! Much luck on breeding them and later on importing them to the US for those of us having trouble picking their jaws up off the floor :D
 

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i haven't seen any of these beeing sold either,....

my guess there are only 5-8 speciemen around here in Europe,..
i've gotta ask Heteroscodra (the guy supplying these awsome pedes to Europe) ;)
 

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I agree with Atrax, they look amazing. I want, I want...:rolleyes: do they work out fine? I meen eat, drink, molt and so on...
 

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I agree with Atrax, they look amazing. I want, I want... do they work out fine? I meen eat, drink, molt and so on...
eating fine,.. drinking good,... molting,.. personally never seen,...

but Heteroscodra (him again) has got a nice picture of one during its molting :D

were's that little PSV-supporter when you need him ? :rolleyes:
 

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Wow. That centipede has some truely eye-catching colouration. Too bad there is not more of an interest in centipedes amongst zoologists....I hate how so many pedes are still unclassified on the species level.
Out of curiosity: about how long is that one in the picture?
 

Steven

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it's about 14cm,... that's about 5-6" i guess :?
biggest one is 15-16 cm now,.... i guess they aren't yet fullgrown,.. as i can see from their body-head structure.

i guess they grow to 18cm max. i guess , but don't know cause i've only seen some subadults of this specie :)
 

Dafne

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Just STUNNING!!! :)

I want one! I want one, too!
I am just jealous... :D
 

Steven

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patience, patience,.... :D
still no sign of succes with the breeding :(

just a quick update:
very soon this specie will be described by John (UK),...
as it is an unknown specie ;)

as to my knowledge the're only 11 specimen in captivity in Europe.
3 at my house and 8 at Sjef's house
molting picture by (Heteroscodra, Sjef)

 
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Bob

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You might try and identify it by using the book I sent you............Check your mail today.............
 

Steven

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Check your mail today.............
i'm checking it every morning,... and when i come home from work the first thing i ask my girlfriend,... and, and, did it arrived??? :D

still no sign of it,..... damn postmen :mad: ;)
 
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