Tasmanian Centipedes

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Order Scolopendromorpha: Identification

Key to species:

1a.  Adult to 60 mm long; blue or greenish colour; 4 eyes.
                Scolopendridae; Cormocephalus westwoodi (Newport, 1844)

Cormocephalus

1b. Adult 30 mm long or less; yellow or brown colour; no eyes.
                Cryptopidae; Cryptops spp.

Cryptops