Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Theatops erythrocephalus being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Theatops spinicaudus
- Theatops posticus
- Scolopocryptops gracilis
- Scolopocryptops peregrinator
- Cryptops anomalans
- Theatops californiensis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Chilopoda
- Order
- Scolopendromorpha
- Family
- Plutoniumidae
- Genus
- Theatops
- Species
- Theatops erythrocephalus
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