Best 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 an Asian forest scorpion from Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand, described by Simon in 1884.

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 southern African scorpion described by Purcell in 1898, known from South Africa's Northern Cape and Namibia.

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 an Indian scorpion described by Pocock in 1900, with records centered on Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh.

Opistophthalmus pallipes is a Scorpionidae species from South Africa and Namibia, described by C. L. Koch in 1842.

Pandinus viatoris is a scorpion now often placed in Pandipalpus, described by Pocock in 1890 and recorded from Tanzania to Zimbabwe and Mozambique.

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 burrowing scorpion from Tanzania, Zimbabwe and South Africa, described by Kraepelin in 1896.

Opistophthalmus flavescens is a species of burrowing scorpion in the family Scorpionidae, notable for its endemic presence in the country of Namibia.

Pandinurus pallidus is a Somali scorpion in Scorpionidae, described by Kraepelin in 1894 and later placed in Pandinurus.

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, the shiny burrowing scorpion, is notable for constructing deep spiraling burrows in the arid regions of Namibia and Angola.

Heterometrus mysorensis is a species of large Asian forest scorpion in the family Scorpionidae, notable for being endemic to the country of India.

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