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title: "Orange-footed Centipede"
description: "Cormocephalus aurantiipes — Weitere Tiere. Cormocephalus aurantiipes, commonly known as the orange-footed centipede, is a common species of centipede found throughout Australia, often confused with C."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/orange-footed-centipede
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Orange-footed Centipede

> Cormocephalus aurantiipes — Weitere Tiere. Cormocephalus aurantiipes, commonly known as the orange-footed centipede, is a common species of centipede found throughout Australia, often confused with C.

- Scientific name: *Cormocephalus aurantiipes*
- Category: `other` (Weitere Tiere)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 2141
- Wikidata: [Q3808999](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3808999)
- iNaturalist taxon: [202116](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/202116)

## Names

- en: Orange-footed Centipede

## Countries with the most observations

AU (1399)

## Summary

Cormocephalus aurantiipes, commonly known as the orange-footed centipede, is a common species of centipede found throughout Australia, often confused with C. westwoodi. It can be found in every Australian state except Tasmania and the Northern Territory. Like most centipedes it comes in many different "colour forms", depending on locality.
C. aurantiipes is a medium-sized centipede, capable of reaching lengths of up to 140 millimetres (5.5 in), but more commonly found around 100 mm (3.9 in).

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

## Photo

![Orange-footed Centipede](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/orange-footed-centipede/medium.jpg)

Photo: evaladyman · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/294496729

## Machine access

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