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title: "Caribbean Giant Centipede"
description: "Scolopendra alternans — Inne zwierzęta. Scolopendra alternans, commonly known as the Haitian giant centipede, Caribbean giant centipede, and Florida Keys centipede, is a species of large centipede in the subfamily Scolopendrinae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/caribbean-giant-centipede
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Caribbean Giant Centipede

> Scolopendra alternans — Inne zwierzęta. Scolopendra alternans, commonly known as the Haitian giant centipede, Caribbean giant centipede, and Florida Keys centipede, is a species of large centipede in the subfamily Scolopendrinae.

- Scientific name: *Scolopendra alternans*
- Category: `other` (Inne zwierzęta)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 621
- Wikidata: [Q6509497](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6509497)
- iNaturalist taxon: [194074](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/194074)

## Names

- en: Caribbean Giant Centipede
- es: Ciempiés Gigante Caribeño

## Countries with the most observations

DO (149), PR (122), US (110), BS (37), CU (17), BL (9), HT (6), VI (6), VG (5), JM (3)

## Summary

Scolopendra alternans, commonly known as the Haitian giant centipede, Caribbean giant centipede, and Florida Keys centipede, is a species of large centipede in the subfamily Scolopendrinae. The species was involved in widespread news coverage after an incident in John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, in which a specimen of the extremely rare rim rock crown snake (Tantilla oolitica) died of asphyxiation while trying to eat a Scolopendra alternans, which also died.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Yolanda M. Leon · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/93352540

## Machine access

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