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title: "Scolopender"
description: "Scolopendra cingulata — Andere dieren. Scolopendra cingulata, also known as Megarian banded centipede, and the Mediterranean banded centipede, is a species of centipede, and \"the most common scolopendromorph species in the Mediterranean area\"."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/mediterranean-banded-centipede
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Scolopender

> Scolopendra cingulata — Andere dieren. Scolopendra cingulata, also known as Megarian banded centipede, and the Mediterranean banded centipede, is a species of centipede, and "the most common scolopendromorph species in the Mediterranean area".

- Scientific name: *Scolopendra cingulata*
- Category: `other` (Andere dieren)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 9195
- Wikidata: [Q976489](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q976489)
- iNaturalist taxon: [128145](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/128145)

## Names

- en: Mediterranean Banded Centipede
- de: Europäischer Riesenläufer
- es: Escolopendra
- fr: Scolopendre ceinturée
- nl: Scolopender
- pl: Skolopendra paskowana

## Countries with the most observations

ES (2018), FR (1250), GR (1032), PT (982), IT (595), IL (564), UA (357), TR (326), RU (318), HR (267), BG (189), AL (101)

## Summary

Scolopendra cingulata, also known as Megarian banded centipede, and the Mediterranean banded centipede, is a species of centipede, and "the most common scolopendromorph species in the Mediterranean area".

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

## Photo

![Scolopender](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/mediterranean-banded-centipede/medium.jpg)

Photo: John Kenrick Gibson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/161040846

## Machine access

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