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Scolopendra heros
Giant Desert Centepede
Authorship: Girard
Description & Notes
a photographic voucher is in Maldonado, 1998. Johnson, Johnson, and Riveroll, Jr., 2007, reported S. heros eating a Ground Snake, Sonora semiannulata.
Collection Information
Field Number
[Maldonado et al., 2006, Maldonado, 1998]
Recent Observations
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