Thai Yellow Leg Giant Centipede

Centipedes

MOQ 20 head

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18 – 22 cm body length (occasionally to 25 cm)

Medically significant. Potent neurotoxic venom producing intense burning pain, swelling and possible nausea or fever. Dangerous; never handle.

Tropical moist forest of mainland SE Asia. The yellow-legged form is a Thai colour morph of S. dehaani. Semi-fossorial/semi-arboreal — burrows, logs, bark and leaf litter. 0 – 1,000 m.

Generalist nocturnal predator: insects, other invertebrates and small vertebrates.

24 – 28 °C ambient — 22 °C cool end

70 – 85 %. Damp substrate with a drier surface and a shallow water dish; ventilate well.

None required (nocturnal).

Crickets, roaches and locusts; occasional pinky for adults. Every 7 – 10 days.

Terrestrial/fossorial. 10 – 15 cm of moist substrate, cork-bark hides, tight escape-proof lid. Min 30 × 20 cm. Keep singly.

Fast, defensive and bite-prone. Hands-off; manage with a catch-cup.