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title: "Giant Desert Centipede"
description: "Scolopendra heros — Altri animali. Scolopendra heros, commonly known as the Arizona desert centipede, giant desert centipede, giant Sonoran centipede, Texas black-tailed centipede, Texas redheaded centipede, and giant redheaded centipede, is a species of North American centipede found in the Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/giant-desert-centipede
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Giant Desert Centipede

> Scolopendra heros — Altri animali. Scolopendra heros, commonly known as the Arizona desert centipede, giant desert centipede, giant Sonoran centipede, Texas black-tailed centipede, Texas redheaded centipede, and giant redheaded centipede, is a species of North American centipede found in the Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico.

- Scientific name: *Scolopendra heros*
- Category: `other` (Altri animali)
- Habitats: `desert` (Deserto)
- iNaturalist observations: 5808
- Wikidata: [Q2637538](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2637538)
- iNaturalist taxon: [146601](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/146601)

## Names

- en: Giant Desert Centipede
- es: Escolopendra de cabeza roja

## Countries with the most observations

US (4983), MX (512)

## Summary

Scolopendra heros, commonly known as the Arizona desert centipede, giant desert centipede, giant Sonoran centipede, Texas black-tailed centipede, Texas redheaded centipede, and giant redheaded centipede, is a species of North American centipede found in the Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Sinaloa Silvestre · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/266168332

## Machine access

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