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title: "Vietnamese Centipede"
description: "Scolopendra dehaani — Other animals. Scolopendra dehaani, the giant Vietnamese centipede, is a large scolopendrid centipede found across Mainland Southeast Asia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/vietnamese-centipede
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Vietnamese Centipede

> Scolopendra dehaani — Other animals. Scolopendra dehaani, the giant Vietnamese centipede, is a large scolopendrid centipede found across Mainland Southeast Asia.

- Scientific name: *Scolopendra dehaani*
- Category: `other` (Other animals)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 1551
- iNaturalist taxon: [973088](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/973088)

## Names

- en: Vietnamese Centipede

## Countries with the most observations

TH (363), MY (228), HK (171), CN (134), VN (52), KH (33), ID (18), LA (15), IN (10), MM (10), BD (4)

## Summary

Scolopendra dehaani, the giant Vietnamese centipede, is a large scolopendrid centipede found across Mainland Southeast Asia. It is also found in India, Japan, Hong Kong, Borneo, and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scolopendra_dehaani

## Photo

![Vietnamese Centipede](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/vietnamese-centipede/medium.jpg)

Photo: faris amjad · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/22439372

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/vietnamese-centipede?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).