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title: "Lithobie masqué"
description: "Lithobius melanops — Autres animaux. Lithobius melanops, sometimes called the garden lithobius or European steppe centipede, is a species of Lithobiomorph centipede that occurs in many parts of the world."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/garden-lithobius
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Lithobie masqué

> Lithobius melanops — Autres animaux. Lithobius melanops, sometimes called the garden lithobius or European steppe centipede, is a species of Lithobiomorph centipede that occurs in many parts of the world.

- Scientific name: *Lithobius melanops*
- Category: `other` (Autres animaux)
- Habitats: `urban` (Villes et jardins)
- iNaturalist observations: 2296
- Wikidata: [Q6511698](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6511698)
- iNaturalist taxon: [407287](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/407287)

## Names

- en: Garden Lithobius
- fr: Lithobie masqué
- nl: Huissteenloper

## Countries with the most observations

GB (397), FR (159), PL (47), NL (46), BE (18), DE (17), JE (9), IE (7), AT (6), ES (5), CA (4), LU (3)

## Summary

Lithobius melanops, sometimes called the garden lithobius or European steppe centipede, is a species of Lithobiomorph centipede that occurs in many parts of the world.

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

## Photo

![Lithobie masqué](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/garden-lithobius/medium.jpg)

Photo: Brenda Ziemkiewicz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/387831572

## Machine access

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