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White-legged Snake Millipede

Tachypodoiulus niger

1,102Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
89Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan10
Feb37
Mar133
Apr249
May174
Jun127
Jul54
Aug37
Sep94
Oct90
Nov43
Dec7

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Argyll and Bute Scotland59
2Highland Scotland42
3Glasgow City Scotland40
4Bristol, City of England24
5Nottingham England22
6Kent England21
7North Yorkshire England21
8Sefton England19
9Cambridgeshire England18
10Surrey England18
11Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland17
12Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland16
13Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland16
14Gwynedd Wales15
15Worcestershire England13
667 England238 Scotland74 Wales110 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 89 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,102
Peak month
April
Counties with records
89
Scientific name
Tachypodoiulus niger
Group
Millipedes
NBN Atlas records since 2000
649
Most recorded in
Argyll and Bute
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Diplopoda
Order
Julida
Family
Julidae
Genus
Tachypodoiulus
Name with authority
Tachypodoiulus niger (Leach, 1814)
Described
1814
Contributing datasets
36

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1947654 · GBIF 1013335