Английская Википедия:Desmoxytes purpurosea

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Speciesbox Desmoxytes purpurosea (shocking pink dragon millipede) also known as dragon millipede, is a spiny and toxic millipede named for its vivid pink color. It was formally described in 2007 from a specimen collected at the Hup Pa Tard limestone cavern in the Uthai Thani Province of Thailand.[1] Among the largest species of its genus, the adult millipede is approximately Шаблон:Convert long. It lives in the open on leaf litter. Large numbers of them occur after rain showers.[1] The millipede has glands that produce hydrogen cyanide to protect it from predators, which causes it to smell like almonds. Its toxicity is advertised by its aposematic color.[2]

The shocking pink dragon millipede was named third in the top ten new species list of 2008 by the International Institute for Species Exploration.[3]


Other species of genus Desmoxytes can be brightly colored, sometimes in shades of red, as in Desmoxytes rubra.[1]

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