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Spirostreptidae

Vietnam Giant Millipede

Spirostreptidae sp.กิ้งกือยักษ์เวียดนาม
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Day

Drag the sun. Vietnam Giant Millipede is nocturnal, so what it is doing changes with the light.

Burrowing

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Adult size~15–20 cm

Identity

Adult size

1.75 m15–20 cm
1520100400 cm
15–20 cmNose to tail, adult

The size the sheet states for a grown animal.

Why

Two drawings, because they answer two questions. The silhouette is at true scale against a 1.75 m person: it says how big this animal actually is, which no number does for someone who has never seen one. The bar under it is logarithmic and shared by every sheet here, so a 2 cm isopod and a 4 m python both stay readable on the same axis and two species can be compared at a glance.

Order / Family
Spirostreptida / Spirostreptidae
Origin
Adult size
~15–20 cm
Activity
Nocturnal detritivore; burrower
Temperament
Docile, handleable

Enclosure and conditions

Temperature
22–29 °C
Humidity
70–80% (mist)
Min. enclosure
≥ 3× body length; ≥ 8 cm deep substrate
Substrate
Coco soil + rotten hardwood + oak leaf litter

Diet

Staple food
Detritivore — leaf litter + fruit/veg + rotting wood
Supplements
Cuttlebone / crushed eggshell (calcium)

Behaviour and handling

HandlingGentle & handleable; may exude defensive fluid
CommunalCommunal-friendly
MoltingMolts underground: never dig up

Reproduction

Reproduction
Lays eggs in substrate; slow-growing

Common health problems

Mites
Signsdamp stale substrate
Preventventilation + fresh substrate + isopod cleanup crew
Dehydration / bad molt
Signslow humidity
Preventkeep 70–80% + calcium

When to see a vet

Not veterinary advice.

Good to know

  • Wash hands after handling: the defensive fluid can stain skin.
  • Wash hands after handling — the defensive fluid can stain skin.

Sources

Dubia.com — Giant MillipedeSwell — Giant Millipede

Others in this group

Giant African MillipedeArchispirostreptus gigasThai/Vietnamese Giant Centipede (Yellow-leg / Cherry)Scolopendra dehaaniVietnamese / Asian Giant CentipedeScolopendra subspinipesAmazonian Giant CentipedeScolopendra giganteaTanzanian Red-headed / Tiger CentipedeScolopendra morsitansBumblebee MillipedeAnadenobolus monilicornisVietnamese Rainbow MillipedeTonkinbolus dollfusiRusty / Scarlet Asian MillipedeTrigoniulus corallinus

What this sheet states

46%
TemperatureHumidityEnclosure sizeActivityOriginDietSourcesUVB

This sheet states 4 of 7 of the fields this product runs on. What is missing turns something off: thermal rail and temperature audit, humidity instrument and audit, enclosure size audit. We show the gap rather than fill it with a plausible number.

UVB is measured but does not count: it is absent from 421 of 678 sheets, and on most of them that is not a gap, since a nocturnal snake's sheet has no reason to state a UV index. Counting it would call the library incomplete without cause.