Need help identifying this Centipede

Fyorax · May 17, 2015

I bought this baby centipede from a tarantula breeder. He said the centipede im buying for $35 is a Scolopendra Dehaani (Malaysian Cherry Red Centipede) It's about over 2 inches long. Im not too experience with identifying centipedes but it looks more like a Scolopendra Subspinipes (Vietnamese Centipede) Need to know if i got gypped or It will eventually get the Cherry red color legs.

CHLee · May 18, 2015

that's definitely not a malaysian cherry red pedeling, looks more like the vietnamese dehaani, but there are a couply of dehaani variants that have similar looking pedelings, cherry red pedelings look completely different.

Fyorax · May 18, 2015

bummer

alright thank you

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CHLee said:
that's definitely not a malaysian cherry red pedeling, looks more like the vietnamese dehaani, but there are a couply of dehaani variants that have similar looking pedelings, cherry red pedelings look completely different.

Centipede subspecies are so confusing O-o

zhangjunduo · May 23, 2015

It's not a pedeling of Malaysian Cherry Red (they have blue head and banded body), some other dehaani's pedeling have this kind of color such as Vietnamese giant, Chinese red, Tailand flame leg.

valmiki · May 25, 2015

Scolopendra heros)

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It's a desert centipede

Ripa · May 25, 2015

No heros castaneiceps only has bright coloration on its terminal legs at the very tips.

This pede could be a Chinese redhead (Scolopendra (subspinipes) mutilans). When they first emerge, their colors are far more muted. As they molt, they get darker and their colors more vibrant.

CHLee · May 28, 2015

Ripa said:
No heros castaneiceps only has bright coloration on its terminal legs at the very tips.

This pede could be a Chinese redhead (Scolopendra (subspinipes) mutilans). When they first emerge, their colors are far more muted. As they molt, they get darker and their colors more vibrant.

mutilans pedelings look completely different from the parents.

Ripa · May 28, 2015

CHLee said:
mutilans pedelings look completely different from the parents.

Fair enough, but at what instar do they begin acquiring their dulled out coloration resembling their parents? The OP mentioned it's already 2 inches long, which is a few instars in, no?
Could it be of the dehaani pops?

Need help identifying this Centipede

Fyorax

Arachnopeon

CHLee

Arachnobaron

Fyorax

Arachnopeon

zhangjunduo

Arachnopeon

valmiki

Arachnopeon

Ripa

Arachnobaron

CHLee

Arachnobaron

Ripa

Arachnobaron