Mongeperipatus kekoldi

{{Short description|Species of Peripatid velvet worm}}

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| genus = Mongeperipatus

| species = kekoldi

| authority = Barquero-González et al. 2020

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Mongeperipatus kekoldi is a large species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family. Males of this species have 32 or 33 pairs of legs and females have 37 to 39, but these numbers are based on only a few specimens. The large known specimen, an adult female, was {{cvt|18|cm}} long. This species is endemic to Costa Rica where it lives near streams in forests and semi-altered habitats.{{Cite journal|last=Barquero-González, Sánchez-Vargas, Morera|date=2020|title=A new giant velvet worm from Costa Rica suggests absence of the genus Peripatus (Onychophora: Peripatidae) in Central America|journal=Revista de Biología Tropical|volume=68|pages=300–320|doi=10.15517/rbt.v68i1.37675|doi-access=free|hdl=11056/20248|hdl-access=free}}