Amazon giantCentipede (Latin name: Scolopendra gigantea robusta) is distributed in Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and other Amazon basin countries and regions. The adult body length is 25 to 30 cm, and the body color is generally red. As for the black individuals, one theory is that the color changes caused by individual differences, and the other theory is that the black individuals are actually Galapagos giant centipedes. Because the most convincing and most widely circulated photo shows an individual measuring 44 centimeters long, far exceeding the average body length of the Amazon giant centipede.

Chinese name: Amazonian giant centipede

Latin name: Scolopendra gigantea robusta

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Lippopods  

Order: Centipede

Amazon giant centipede (Scolopendragigantearobusta), 25- 30cm, the body color is generally red. As for the black individual, one theory is that the color changes caused by individual differences, and the other theory is that the black individual is actually the Galapagos giant centipede.

Because the most convincing and most widely circulated photo has an individual up to 44cm long, far exceeding the average body length of the Amazon giant centipede. The Amazon giant centipede is mainly distributed in Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and other Amazon basin countries and regions.