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Spotted Snake Millipede
🇳🇱 Roodstip ·Blaniulus guttulatus
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Saryu Mae 前 朝琉 · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © Joeb · CC BY 4.0
- 3. © Frank Ashwood · CC BY 4.0
- 4. © Owen Strickland · CC BY 4.0
- 5. © Alex Bairstow · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Mick Talbot · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 7. © Alex Bairstow · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. © Alex Bairstow · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © Paul Cook · CC BY 4.0
- 10. © Jack Farley · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Blaniulus guttulatus , commonly known as the spotted snake millipede is a species of millipede in the family Blaniulidae that can be found in Central and Western Europe (except for Portugal). It has been introduced in North American countries such as the United States, Canada, Saint Helena, and Tristan da Cunha, as well as Tasmania and Norfolk Island, Australia.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 9 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 2,358 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1798 (228 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Spotted Snake Millipede
- Nederlands
- Roodstip
- scientific name
- Blaniulus guttulatus
- class
- Diplopoda
- order
- Julida
- family
- Blaniulidae
- sightings in NL
- 9
- sightings in Europe
- 659
- sightings worldwide
- 2,358
- GBIF records in NL
- 60
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1798 by Johan Christian Fabricius
relatives· Blaniulidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 133831, Wikidata Q4297771, GBIF 1014383, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.