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Thai/Vietnamese Giant Centipede (Yellow-leg / Cherry)

Scolopendra dehaaniตะขาบยักษ์

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Photographed by an observer on iNaturalist and published under a Creative Commons licence; the photographer and the licence are named under the image. It is not an animal of ours, and no animal was handled by us to produce it.

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Drag the sun. Thai/Vietnamese Giant Centipede (Yellow-leg / Cherry) is nocturnal, so what it is doing changes with the light.

Burrowing · temperate · humidFrom the sheet: 24–28°C, humidity 70–85%

The way of life is written in this sheet, word for word. The climate words summarise the two figures above them, they do not add to them.

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Temperature24–28 °C
Humidity70–85 %
Enclosure30×30×30
Diet5–10 days

The numbers

Temperature

152025303540 °C
24–28°Ambient

One ambient band, 24–28°C. This sheet states no warm side, no cool side and no night figure, so none are shown. Same scale on every sheet here, so two species compare by eye.

The sheet states24-28°C

Humidity

70–85%Target RH

The sheet states70-85%

Identity

Adult size

1.75 m15–20 cm
1520100400 cm
15–20 cmNose to tail, adult

The size the sheet states for a grown animal.

Why

Two drawings, because they answer two questions. The silhouette is at true scale against a 1.75 m person: it says how big this animal actually is, which no number does for someone who has never seen one. The bar under it is logarithmic and shared by every sheet here, so a 2 cm isopod and a 4 m python both stay readable on the same axis and two species can be compared at a glance.

Order / Family
Scolopendromorpha
Origin
IUCN / CITES
Not evaluated; CITES not yet in our data
Difficulty
Advanced (experts only)
Commonality
Very common in SEA trade; the default 'Thai giant'
Adult size
15–20 cm, occasionally larger
Lifespan
5–7 yrs (females longer)
Growth rate
Fast with regular feeding
Activity & niche
Nocturnal terrestrial burrower/predator
Temperament
Very defensive, fast, quick to strike
Venom / defense
Venomous, painful bite – experts only, no handling

Enclosure and conditions

Enclosure

substrateclimbing branchwarm hidewater70–85 % RH30 cm30 cm
warm hideclimbing branchwatersubstrate
50100150200 cm
30 × 30 × 30 cmWidth × depth × height
9dm² of floor
Warm side: not in our dataUVB: not in our data

Drawn from the stated numbers. Only what the sheet states is drawn inside.

Why

The rectangle carries the exact width-to-height ratio of the figures above it, and the ruler under it places that width on the 0–250 cm scale every sheet here shares, so two species still compare at a glance. Nothing is added that the sheet does not name: a lamp drawn on a sheet that never mentions one would be invented equipment. What the sheet leaves out is listed rather than left blank, because an empty tank reads as « none needed ».

The sheet states30x30x30 cm for adult, escape-proof tight lid

Temperature
24–28°C
Humidity
70–85%
Min. enclosure
30x30x30 cm for adult, escape-proof tight lid
Substrate
10+ cm coco fibre/peat + sphagnum, kept moist not wet
Hides / decor / water
Cork bark hide, buried, shallow water dish

What your climate adds

This sheet states a range to hold. Your local climate decides how much work holding it is. Pick the nearest city: nothing is sent anywhere, the choice stays in this browser.

Diet

Feeding rhythm

every 5–10 dAs the sheet states
5Meals in 28 days

Twenty-eight days, one row. Each band is a meal window.

Why

The windows widen as they go because the interval is a range: four meals after a 10–14 day cycle land anywhere between day 40 and day 56.

The sheet statesRoaches, crickets, other feeder insects; occasional pinky · 1 prey item every 5–10 days

Staple food
Roaches, crickets, other feeder insects; occasional pinky
Feeding frequency
1 prey item every 5–10 days
Supplements
None needed; gut-load feeders

Behaviour and handling

HandlingNone – experts only; fast, defensive, medically significant venom
CommunalNo – solitary & cannibalistic, house individually
Defense / stress signsRaised body, rapid flight, coiling, striking with forcipules

Reproduction

Life course

Day 0Hatch
5–7 yrLifespan in care
5 yrMinimum commitment
Sexual maturityNot in our data

Read from the lifespan and maturity the sheet states, for animals in care and not in the wild.

Why

The minimum commitment is the low end of that lifespan, and the reproductive window is what is left after maturity: both are subtractions on stated figures, not figures of their own.

Reproduction
Maternal care – female coils around egg clutch (~15–60) until hatch

Common health problems

Common health issues
SignsDehydration, mould, bad molts if too dry; mite build-up
Red flags / quarantine
SignsLethargy, curled legs, refusal to feed; quarantine wild-caught for parasites

Good to know

  • Formerly a subspecies of S. subspinipes; split off in a 2012 revision.

What it needs

Enclosure at least 30 × 30 × 30 cmbecause enclosure — 30x30x30 cm for adult, escape-proof tight lid
A thermometerbecause temp — 24-28°C
A hygrometerbecause humidity — 70–85%

Every line above is deduced from a value this sheet states, and names which one. Nothing here is a general recommendation.

Sources

invertepedia.fandom.comarachnoboards.com

Others in this group

Giant African MillipedeArchispirostreptus gigasVietnamese / Asian Giant CentipedeScolopendra subspinipesVietnam Giant MillipedeSpirostreptidae sp.Amazonian Giant CentipedeScolopendra giganteaTanzanian Red-headed / Tiger CentipedeScolopendra morsitansBumblebee MillipedeAnadenobolus monilicornisVietnamese Rainbow MillipedeTonkinbolus dollfusiRusty / Scarlet Asian MillipedeTrigoniulus corallinus

What this sheet states

100%
TemperatureHumidityEnclosure sizeActivityOriginDietSourcesUVB

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UVB is measured but does not count: it is absent from 421 of 678 sheets, and on most of them that is not a gap, since a nocturnal snake's sheet has no reason to state a UV index. Counting it would call the library incomplete without cause.