The Tiger Centipede (Scolopendra polymorpha) is a centipede that lives in dry grasslands, forests, and deserts in the Southwestern United States and northern Mexico, north to the Pacific coast. In these habitats, the Tiger Centipede resides under rocks, burrows, and inside rotting logs. The species usually has a darker brown, red, or orange-colored head, and the body segments are orange with yellow legs. The coloration of the body contrasts with the one dark lateral stripe also on the segments, and there are seven or more smooth segments on the antennae. They are carnivorous and eat insects, lizards, frogs, and rodents.