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  Name Arizona desert centipede
  Regnum Animal ia
  Phylum Arthropod a
  Classis Chilopoda
  Ordo Scolopendromorpha
  Familia Scolopendridae
  Genus '' Scolopendra ''
  Species '' S Heros ''
  Subspecies '''''S h arizonensis'''''
  Trinomial ''Scolopendra heros arizonensis''
  Trinomial Authority Kraepelin , 1903


The Arizona desert centipede (''Scolopendra heros arizonensis'') is a Centipede from the southwest United States and northern Mexico . It averages 6½ to 8  Inch es but can reach up to 10 or 12 inches in captivity.