The Bite and Habits of a Giant Centipede (Scolopendra Subspinipes) in the Philippine Islands

Charles L. Remington

doi:10.4269/ajtmh.1950.s1-30.453

ISSN: 0002-9637
E-ISSN: 1476-1645

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The Bite and Habits of a Giant Centipede (Scolopendra Subspinipes) in the Philippine Islands

Author(s): Charles L. Remington
Publisher: The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Source: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume s1-30, Issue 3, May 1950, p. 453 - 455
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.1950.s1-30.453

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Habits of Scolopendra subspinipes on Leyte Island and effects from its bite are reported. No symptoms which might lead to fatality were indicated in cases of bites even from very large centipedes.

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