Top Results for Scorpionidae

Heterometrus swammerdami is a large scorpion native to India and South Asia. It’s notable for its significant size, making it one of the largest extant species within the Scorpionidae family. Adults can reach over 17 centimeters in length and weigh more than 50 grams. This giant scorpion primarily i...

Hadogenes troglodytes is a species of scorpion found in southern Africa. It’s distinguished by significant size differences between males and females, making it one of the largest known scorpions. This lithophilic species favors rocky habitats and is primarily studied by arachnologists and herpetolo...

Heterometrus spinifer is a sizable scorpion species native to the forests of Southeast Asia. It’s notable for its prominent, venomous spine – the longest among scorpions – and robust exoskeleton. This species belongs to the Scorpionidae family and is primarily studied by arachnologists and researche...

Pandinus dictator is a large species of scorpion in the family Scorpionidae, notable for being native to the tropical regions of Central Africa.

Heterometrus petersii, commonly known as the Vietnamese forest scorpion, is a large arachnid native to the tropical forests of Southeast Asia. Described by Swedish arachnologist Tamerlan Thorell in 1876, the species is characterized by its robust, heavily clawed pedipalps and uniform dark coloration...

Pandinus cavimanus, commonly called the Tanzanian red-clawed scorpion, is a large scorpion native to East Africa and classified in the family Scorpionidae. Its robust body, powerful pincers, and reddish-brown pedipalps distinguish it from many smaller, more slender scorpions. It is a burrowing terre...

Heterometrus longimanus is a large, heavily built forest scorpion native to the humid tropical regions of Southeast Asia. The species was first described by J. F. W. Herbst in 1800 and is characterized by its robust, granular exoskeleton and disproportionately large pedipalps. Like other members of...

Heterometrus silenus is a large forest scorpion species native to Southeast Asia, with populations recorded in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand. First described by French arachnologist Eugène Simon in 1884, this species belongs to the family Scorpionidae and exhibits the typical characteristics of th...

Hadogenes bicolor is a species of flat rock scorpion in the family Hormuridae, native to Southern Africa. Members of the genus Hadogenes are among the most elongated of all scorpions, with dorsoventrally flattened bodies adapted to wedge into narrow rock crevices. They inhabit rocky outcrops and mou...

Opistophthalmus gigas is a large, heavily built species of burrowing scorpion belonging to the family Scorpionidae. Described by William Frederick Purcell in 1898, the species is native to the arid regions of southern Africa, particularly the Northern Cape in South Africa and parts of Namibia. Like...

Pandinus gambiensis is a large West African scorpion described by Pocock in 1899, found from Gambia and Senegal to Guinea-Bissau, Guinea and Mali.

Opistophthalmus capensis is a South African scorpion endemic to the Western Cape, first described as Scorpio capensis by Herbst in 1800.

*Scorpio maurus*, commonly known as the large-clawed scorpion, is a species belonging to the Scorpionidae family, native to arid regions of North Africa and the Middle East. It is physically distinguished by its disproportionately large, robust pedipalps (claws) and relatively small body size. As a...

Opistophthalmus wahlbergii is a southern African scorpion described by Thorell in 1876 and named for Johan August Wahlberg.

Heterometrus madraspatensis is a scorpion species in the family Scorpionidae and a member of Heterometrus, a genus associated with large Asian forest scorpions. R. I. Pocock described it in 1900, and records for the species are centered on the Indian states of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. Its larg...

Opistophthalmus pallipes is a scorpion in the family Scorpionidae and genus Opistophthalmus. C. L. Koch described it in 1842, and the South African National Biodiversity Institute lists the common name pale-legged scorpion. SANBI records show the species in South Africa, including the Northern Cape...

Pandinus viatoris is a scorpion species in the family Scorpionidae, described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1890. Current taxonomic databases, including ITIS, list the accepted combination as Pandipalpus viatoris, although Pandinus viatoris remains common in older references and collections. Its taxon...

Heterometrus laevigatus is a species of large forest scorpion in the family Scorpionidae, native to humid tropical environments in Southeast Asia. Members of the genus Heterometrus, commonly known as Asian forest scorpions, are among the largest scorpions in the world and are characterized by their...

Heterometrus laoticus is a large-bodied forest scorpion in the family Scorpionidae, first described by Dutch zoologist H. W. C. Couzijn in 1981. It is native to mainland Southeast Asia, where it inhabits tropical forest floor environments. Like other members of the genus Heterometrus, the species is...

Pandinurus magrettii is a Horn of Africa scorpion described by Borelli in 1901, now often placed in Pandiborellius and named for Paolo Magretti.

Opistophthalmus boehmi is a species of burrowing scorpion in the family Scorpionidae, recorded from Tanzania, Zimbabwe, and South Africa. It is associated with the southern African fauna of Opistophthalmus, a genus whose members construct shelters in the ground rather than living primarily in expose...

Opistophthalmus flavescens is a species of burrowing scorpion in the family Scorpionidae and genus Opistophthalmus. It is endemic to Namibia, in southwestern Africa, and was described by Purcell in 1898; the Integrated Taxonomic Information System lists it as a valid species in the subfamily Opistop...

Pandinurus pallidus is a scorpion species in the family Scorpionidae and the genus Pandinurus. It was described by the arachnologist Karl Kraepelin in 1894 and is associated with Somalia in the Horn of Africa. The species name pallidus refers to a pale coloration, although color alone is not suffici...

Scorpio fuscus is a species of large scorpion in the family Scorpionidae, notable for being native to the Middle Eastern region of the world.

Scorpio palmatus, commonly known as the golden scorpion, is a pale-colored, burrowing arachnid native to the Middle East and described by Eugène Simon.

Heterometrus cyaneus is a sizable, dark-colored scorpion from the Scorpionidae family, first described by C. L. Koch in 1836 and native to Indonesia.

Opistophthalmus glabrifrons is a species of burrowing scorpion in the family Scorpionidae. It is also known by common names including the shiny burrowing scorpion and yellow-legged creeping scorpion. The species is associated with dry African environments and constructs burrows, often beginning bene...

Heterometrus mysorensis is a species of burrowing scorpion in the family Scorpionidae. The species was described by František Kovařík in 2004 and is recorded from India, where it belongs to the Asian forest-scorpion genus Heterometrus. Published descriptions identify a large red-brown animal with st...

Scorpio birulai is a Moroccan scorpion from the Andjera region, renamed by Fet in 1997 after an earlier preoccupied Birula name.