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title: "Australasian Giant Centipede"
description: "Ethmostigmus rubripes — Weitere Tiere. Ethmostigmus rubripes, commonly known as the giant centipede, is a species of centipede in the family Scolopendridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/australasian-giant-centipede
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Australasian Giant Centipede

> Ethmostigmus rubripes — Weitere Tiere. Ethmostigmus rubripes, commonly known as the giant centipede, is a species of centipede in the family Scolopendridae.

- Scientific name: *Ethmostigmus rubripes*
- Category: `other` (Weitere Tiere)
- Habitats: `forest` (Wald), `jungle` (Dschungel)
- iNaturalist observations: 1543
- Wikidata: [Q3809013](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3809013)
- iNaturalist taxon: [207870](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/207870)

## Names

- en: Australasian Giant Centipede

## Countries with the most observations

AU (1244), MY (30), LK (25), ID (9), SB (4)

## Summary

Ethmostigmus rubripes, commonly known as the giant centipede, is a species of centipede in the family Scolopendridae. It is a solitary nocturnal predator found across Asia and Oceania, with three subspecies currently described.

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

## Photo

![Australasian Giant Centipede](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/australasian-giant-centipede/medium.jpg)

Photo: Gayl Sullivan · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/231341576

## Machine access

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