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title: "Rusty Millipede"
description: "Trigoniulus corallinus — Andere dieren. Trigoniulus corallinus, sometimes called the rusty millipede or common Asian millipede, is a species of millipede widely distributed in the Indo-Malayan region including India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, China, Taiwan, Philippines, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, Nepal, and much of Indonesia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/rusty-millipede
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Rusty Millipede

> Trigoniulus corallinus — Andere dieren. Trigoniulus corallinus, sometimes called the rusty millipede or common Asian millipede, is a species of millipede widely distributed in the Indo-Malayan region including India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, China, Taiwan, Philippines, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, Nepal, and much of Indonesia.

- Scientific name: *Trigoniulus corallinus*
- Category: `other` (Andere dieren)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `urban` (Steden en tuinen)
- iNaturalist observations: 21100
- Wikidata: [Q3009330](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3009330)
- iNaturalist taxon: [123010](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/123010)

## Names

- en: Rusty Millipede
- de: Korallenroter Tausendfüßer
- es: Milpiés oxidado

## Countries with the most observations

US (5592), TW (2927), HK (1569), IN (1128), TH (1024), BR (682), CN (667), ID (653), MY (561), SG (544), PH (453), MO (318)

## Summary

Trigoniulus corallinus, sometimes called the rusty millipede or common Asian millipede, is a species of millipede widely distributed in the Indo-Malayan region including India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, China, Taiwan, Philippines, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, Nepal, and much of Indonesia. It is also reported from Fiji, Tanzania and Zambia, and found in South Asia and the Caribbean as an introduced species. It has also been introduced to Florida, and as of 2022 is well-distributed throughout South and Central Florida, with limited sightings in the Northeast and Panhandle.
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Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trigoniulus_corallinus

## Photo

![Rusty Millipede](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/rusty-millipede/medium.jpg)

Photo: Scott Loarie · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/88093966

## Machine access

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