Giant Desert Centipede

• Scientific Name: Scolopendra Heros
• Common Name: Giant Desert Centipede
• Diet: insects, lizards, rodents
• Size: very large
• Active Period: nocturnal
• Leg Count: many
• Leg Characteristics: one pair per segment
• Genus: Scolopendra
• Family: Scolopendridae
• Order: Scolopendromorpha
• Phylum: Arthropoda
• Subphylum: Uniramia
• Species: heros
• Class: Chilopoda