(Desert millipede)
Habitat: Warm climates
Food Habits: insects, lizards, rodents
Active Period: nocturnal
Size: large
Number of Legs: many
Leg Characteristics: two pairs per segment
Dark reddish brown
harmless

Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Uniramia
Class Diplopoda
Order Spirostreptida
Genus Orthoperus
species ornatus