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title: "Escolopendra tigre"
description: "Scolopendra polymorpha — Otros animales. Scolopendra polymorpha, the common desert centipede, tiger centipede, banded desert centipede, or Sonoran Desert centipede, is a centipede species found in western North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/common-desert-centipede
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Escolopendra tigre

> Scolopendra polymorpha — Otros animales. Scolopendra polymorpha, the common desert centipede, tiger centipede, banded desert centipede, or Sonoran Desert centipede, is a centipede species found in western North America.

- Scientific name: *Scolopendra polymorpha*
- Category: `other` (Otros animales)
- Habitats: `desert` (Desierto)
- iNaturalist observations: 9025
- Wikidata: [Q2716774](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2716774)
- iNaturalist taxon: [53762](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/53762)

## Names

- en: Common Desert Centipede
- es: Escolopendra tigre

## Countries with the most observations

US (7063), MX (660)

## Summary

Scolopendra polymorpha, the common desert centipede, tiger centipede, banded desert centipede, or Sonoran Desert centipede, is a centipede species found in western North America.

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

## Photo

![Escolopendra tigre](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-desert-centipede/medium.jpg)

Photo: Scott Loarie · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/8969

## Machine access

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