Desert Millipede

  • Scientific Name: Orthoperus Ornatus
  • Common Name: Desert Millipede
  • Diet: insects, lizards, rodents
  • Size: large
  • Active Period: nocturnal
  • Leg Count: many
  • Leg Characteristics: two pairs per segment
  • Genus: Orthoperus
  • Order: Spirostreptida
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Subphylum: Uniramia
  • Species: ornatus
  • Class: Diplopoda