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title: "Amazonian Tricolor Centipede"
description: "Scolopendra viridicornis — Autres animaux. Scolopendra viridicornis is a species of centipede in the family Scolopendridae which can be found within the Amazon rainforest, the type locality being in Brazil."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/amazonian-tricolor-centipede
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Amazonian Tricolor Centipede

> Scolopendra viridicornis — Autres animaux. Scolopendra viridicornis is a species of centipede in the family Scolopendridae which can be found within the Amazon rainforest, the type locality being in Brazil.

- Scientific name: *Scolopendra viridicornis*
- Category: `other` (Autres animaux)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forêt), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 363
- iNaturalist taxon: [900746](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/900746)

## Names

- en: Amazonian Tricolor Centipede

## Countries with the most observations

BR (257), GF (21), BO (15), AR (14), PY (9), SR (6), PE (4)

## Summary

Scolopendra viridicornis is a species of centipede in the family Scolopendridae which can be found within the Amazon rainforest, the type locality being in Brazil. Due to the geographic distribution of this species it is known as the Brazilian giant centipede.

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

## Photo

![Amazonian Tricolor Centipede](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/amazonian-tricolor-centipede/medium.jpg)

Photo: NINA WENÓLI · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/219567247

## Machine access

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