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title: "Common Flat-backed Millipede"
description: "Polydesmus angustus — Inne zwierzęta. Polydesmus angustus, also known as the flat-backed millipede, is a millipede in the genus Polydesmus native to Western Europe."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/common-flat-backed-millipede
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Common Flat-backed Millipede

> Polydesmus angustus — Inne zwierzęta. Polydesmus angustus, also known as the flat-backed millipede, is a millipede in the genus Polydesmus native to Western Europe.

- Scientific name: *Polydesmus angustus*
- Category: `other` (Inne zwierzęta)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las)
- iNaturalist observations: 4048
- Wikidata: [Q3719876](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3719876)
- iNaturalist taxon: [127612](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/127612)

## Names

- en: Common Flat-backed Millipede
- de: Rotbrauner Bandfüßer
- es: Milpiés europeo de espalda plana

## Countries with the most observations

DE (213), GB (115), US (68), FR (61), CA (28), DK (16), BE (14), CZ (12), ES (11), IT (11), NL (9), MX (8)

## Summary

Polydesmus angustus, also known as the flat-backed millipede, is a millipede in the genus Polydesmus native to Western Europe.

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

## Photo

![Common Flat-backed Millipede](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-flat-backed-millipede/medium.jpg)

Photo: Peter Gabler · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/101334050

## Machine access

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