tom_pot Pandinus
Number of posts : 2 Age : 35 Registration date : 2015-02-28
| Subject: Two black scorpions need identifying 2/28/2015, 12:59 am | |
| I am a complete beginner to scorpions and have been given these two to keep as pets. I know they are young (around a month perhaps) and with their tales stretched out they are about 4 or 5 inches long. I was given them in Vietnam (where I live) | |
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Gnat Centruroides
Number of posts : 180 Age : 45 Location : Georgia, USA Registration date : 2009-09-26
| Subject: Re: Two black scorpions need identifying 3/1/2015, 11:23 pm | |
| At 4-5 inches those are certainly older than a month, those are several years old. As to what species, I'm not versed enough in Asian forest scorpions to help out with that. | |
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Scorpion19981000 Administrator
Number of posts : 1895 Age : 26 Location : Cortland, New York Registration date : 2011-07-03
| Subject: Re: Two black scorpions need identifying 3/4/2015, 7:27 am | |
| They look to be either Heterometrus petersii or Heterometrus laoticus. I would need clear, close up pictures of the carapace to make a positive ID. The gender of the scorps may also help. | |
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