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Project Noah is a tool to explore and document wildlife and a platform to harness the power of citizen scientists everywhere.
Polydesmus collaris
This millipede has markings similar to the markings of the cyanide millipede, and similiarities to the Flat Backed Millipede because of the obvious, long legs that would otherwise mark it for a centipede. Another centipedal charactaristic - this millipede glided across the ground so quickly that it was hard to get worthwhile picture.
The cold, foggy top of Volcan Mombacho in the tropical region of Nicaragua. The part of trail this millipede was on was rock, with a lot of wet, decomposing leaf matter on top.
aw haha.. overlooked that it's also called cyanide millepede. my bad. i actually had the same spotting added earlier that's why I just suggested right away ;-)
@Cherrey - I've seen many of these Cyanide Millipedes back home in Oregon, and this one looked a lot like it (that's why I already cited the Cyanide in the description) but Nicaragua is just too far out of the Cyanide area.
Thanks for the tip Juan. Just off the long legs I'd figured it had to be a centipede, but it looks so much like the Flat Backed - that's just too far out of its range. Turns out there's another, similar family of millipede from Nicaragua to Panama.
Lat: 11.83, Long: -85.97
Spotted on Jul 12, 2011
Submitted on Nov 16, 2011
