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Snake millepede

Blaniulus guttulatus (Fabricius, 1798)

Status not recordedother invertebrates

The snake millepede (Blaniulus guttulatus) is a species in the family Blaniulidae.

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Quick facts about the snake millepede

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the snake millepede live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the snake millepede as introduced in 3 countries.

  1. Denmark
  2. Estonia
  3. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the snake millepede endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the snake millepede classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classDiplopoda
  4. familyBlaniulidae
  5. genusBlaniulus
  6. SpeciesBlaniulus guttulatus (Fabricius, 1798)

Synonyms Blaniulus fragariarum, Blaniulus guttulatus, Blanjulus guttulatus, Iulus guttulatus, Iulus pulchellus, Julus fragariarum, Julus guttulatus, Julus pulchellus, Typhloblaniulus guttulatus

Other names and names in other languages (12)
  • Spotted snake millipedeEnglish
  • mnohonožka slepáCzech
  • Plettet tusindbenDanish
  • Gefleckter DoppelfüßerGerman
  • rødperletusenbeinNorwegian Bokmål
  • RoodstipDutch
  • raudperletusenbeinNorwegian Nynorsk
  • fläckpärlfotingSwedish
  • Gemeiner TüpfeltausendfüßerGerman
  • Getüpfelter TausendfußGerman
  • Rot-Getüpfelter SchnurfüßerGerman
  • fläckig tusenfotingSwedish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the snake millepede

Other species in the same genus Blaniulus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the snake millepede an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the snake millepede as introduced in 3 countries: Denmark, Estonia and United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Snake millepede (Blaniulus guttulatus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/snake-millepede

MLA

“Snake millepede (Blaniulus guttulatus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/snake-millepede.

BibTeX
@misc{snake_millepede_2026,
  title = {Snake millepede (Blaniulus guttulatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/snake-millepede},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}