#4958 · 🪼 jellyfish, starfish, worms & co

White-legged Snake Millipede

🇳🇱 Witpootkronkel ·Tachypodoiulus niger

🪼 Jellyfish, starfish, worms & co 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Klaus Dühr · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Jakob Fahr · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Jakob Fahr · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Jon Mortin · CC BY 4.0
5. © Stephen James McWilliam · CC0
6. © michi1 · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Fourqueux, 78112 Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Francia:© frv78 · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Barley Mow Road, Englefield Green, Egham TW20 0NX, UK:© mothyfriend · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Hafod Y Galch, Corwen, Wales, GB:© Rupert Lees · CC BY 4.0
10. Cotswolds AONB, Stonehouse, England, GB:© Zo Clark · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

Tachypodoiulus niger , known variously as the white-legged snake millipede or the black millipede , is a European species of millipede. It is very similar to other species such as Cylindroiulus londinensis , from which it can be reliably distinguished only by studying the shape of the telson. It occurs in the British Isles, Spain, France, Benelux, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and the Czech Republic, and is especially common on chalky and limestone soils.

base stats

NL sightings 2iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 4,077iNaturalist observations

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).