@externalscreams submitted: A cool dude I found while hiking with some friends in Kentucky. Seek ID’ed it down to the Narceus genus if that helps. It was the biggest centipede I’ve seen in my life so far!
Yes, it’s a Narceus americanus complex millipede, not a centipede! Centipedes are fast predators and millipedes just slowly trundle along and eat decaying plant matter :) I’m rather surprised this dude is just hanging out on a tree (?) in full sun, they like it damp and dark.
Ommatotriton ophryticus, the northern banded newt, is a species of newt in the family Salamandridae. It is found in northeastern Turkey and western Caucasus in Georgia, Armenia, and southern Russia.
It suffers from habitat loss caused forest destruction, dam construction, destruction of wetlands, overgrazing by cattle, urbanization, and pollution. Also predation by introduced raccoons (Procyon lotor) is a major threat. It is also collected for pet trade.
