Giant Redheaded Centipede
Scientific name: Scolopendra heros Girard, 1853
Overview
Scolopendra heros, commonly known as the Arizona desert centipede, giant desert centipede, giant Sonoran centipede, Texas black-tailed centipede, Texas redheaded centipede, and giant redheaded centipede, is a species of North American centipede found in the Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico.
From the Wikipedia article “Scolopendra heros”, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where it lives
The Catalogue of Life records it in: USA; Mexico.
Common names
Names in other languages (2)
- Persian
- هزارپای کله قرمز بزرگ
- Russian
- сколопендра калифорнийская
Sources
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Catalogue of Life — scientific name, classification, common names and range.
Version 2026-09-11, CC BY 4.0.
This species in the Catalogue of Life.
Citation
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n Source database: A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda) for the Web.
- GBIF — species page and recorded occurrences.
- Wikidata — names in other languages. Q2637538, CC0 1.0.
- Wikipedia — overview, from the article “Scolopendra heros”, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Photo — John, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. File page.
- Range map — Sn1per, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. File page.
Last updated: 4 October 2026