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title: "Boreal Yellow-headed Soil Centipede"
description: "Geophilus flavus — Outros animais. Geophilus flavus, the yellow geophilus, is a terrestrial, soil-dwelling, species of centipede in the Geophilidae family."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/boreal-yellow-headed-soil-centipede
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Boreal Yellow-headed Soil Centipede

> Geophilus flavus — Outros animais. Geophilus flavus, the yellow geophilus, is a terrestrial, soil-dwelling, species of centipede in the Geophilidae family.

- Scientific name: *Geophilus flavus*
- Category: `other` (Outros animais)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 1418
- Wikidata: [Q1953896](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1953896)
- iNaturalist taxon: [133160](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/133160)

## Names

- en: Boreal Yellow-headed Soil Centipede
- de: Gemeiner Erdläufer
- fr: Géophile jaune
- nl: Gele aardkruiper

## Countries with the most observations

GB (171), FR (80), RU (20), DE (11), NL (7), IE (6), IL (6), PT (6), CZ (5), AT (3), BE (3), CA (3)

## Summary

Geophilus flavus, the yellow geophilus, is a terrestrial, soil-dwelling, species of centipede in the Geophilidae family. G. flavus occurs in a range of habitats across central Europe, North America, Australia, New Zealand and other tropical regions. Geophilomorph centipedes, like centipedes generally, are primary predators, hunting predominantly in underground soil burrows or above ground leaf litter. Their consumption behaviours are influenced by environment and seasonal factors. Given their lack of economic value and marginal medical significance, G.flavus remains largely understudied in mainstream research. Some…

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

## Photo

![Boreal Yellow-headed Soil Centipede](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/boreal-yellow-headed-soil-centipede/medium.jpg)

Photo: Charles Joynson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/342287804

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/boreal-yellow-headed-soil-centipede?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).