''Scolopendra hardwickei'', the Indian tiger centipede, is a species of

centipede Centipedes (from Neo-Latin , "hundred", and Latin , "foot") are predatory arthropods belonging to the class Chilopoda (Ancient Greek , ''kheilos'', "lip", and Neo-Latin suffix , "foot", describing the forcipules) of the subphylum Myriapoda, ...

in the family

Scolopendridae Scolopendridae (or, in older documents, Scolopendridæ), from Ancient Greek σκόλοψ (''skólops''), meaning "thorn", and ἔντερον (''énteron''), meaning "earthworm", is a family of large centipedes (class Chilopoda). Description Nea ...

Description

''Scolopendra hardwickei'' can reach a length of . Antennas consist of 17 or 18 segments, of which the first 6-7 are shiny. It is a pigmented species, with exceptionally bright and contrasting coloration, alternating dark orange and deep black segments, with dark orange legs.Terrarium.com
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Distribution

This species is common in the south of the Indian peninsula and it is rarely found on the islands of Sumatra and Nicobar.GBIF
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Venom

The bite of ''S. hardwickei'' can cause swelling and drowsiness.

Bibliography

* Attems C. (1930) Myriopoda. 2. Scolopendromorpha, Das Tierreich. De Gruyter, Berlin. 54: 1-308 * ChiloBase: A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda) for the web. Minelli A. (ed) * Dr. Graf Attems - Myriopoda. 2. Scolopendromorpha (1930) * G.E. Lewis. 1981. The biology of centipedes, Cambridge University Press * Haase E. (1887) Die Indisch-Australischen Myriopoden. Pt. I. Chilopoden, Abhandlungen und Berichte des Königlichen Zoologischen und. Anthropologisch- Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden. 5: 1-118 * Humbert A. (1865) Essai sur les myriapodes de Ceylan, Mèmoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genéve. 18: 1-62 * Koch C.L. (1847) System der Myriapoden. In: Herrich-Schäffer L. (ed.), Kritische Revision der Insectenfauna Deutschlands., Pustet, Regensburg. 3:1-270 * Newport G. (1844) A list of the species of Myriapoda order Chilopoda contained in the cabinets of the British Museum with synoptic descriptions of forty-seven new species, Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 13: 94-101

References

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