It is also known as the Peruvian giant yellow-leg centipede or Amazonian giant centipede, is a centipede in the genus Scolopendra. It is the largest centipede species in the world, with a length exceeding 30cm. Specimens may have 21 or 23 segments It is found in various places throughout South America and the extreme south Caribbean, where it preys on a wide variety of animals, including other sizable arthropods, amphibians, mammals and reptiles.

Systematic position  

• Domain : Eukaryota
• Kingdom : Animalia
• Phylum : Arthropoda
• Subphylum : Myriapoda
• Class : Chilopoda
• Order : Scolopendromorpha
• Family : Scolopendridae
• Genus : Scolopendra
• Species : gigantea