does anyone know what species is this?

does anyone know what species is this? i instantly fell in love when i first saw it!

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Stumped me. I'm guessing those spurs coming off the sides of the metasomal segments would help you to classify though. That seems like a pretty define feature to some species and/or genus.

Its UV that makes it green, doesnt look like that for real

I'm super stumped too. I can find individuals with similar coloring but then the chela are completely the wrong shape and size. The light brachium into the dark chela. Then the dark metasoma into the light telson. I wonder if this is a juvenile coloration that it will molt out of?

I'm going to ask one of the German guys, they know everything... Germans...

looks to be a Hadrurus sp
there arent many Hadrurus it looks like h.pinteri

imagine him under a bit of uv

it popped up a few years ago on arachno boards I remember Eddy wanted to find some in baja

And there we go! Thanks man for that. Have been racking my brain the whole day.

no worries I dont think its ever seen in the pet trade, and seems pretty rare, just get a H.spadix instead

Yup..........100% Hadrurus pinteri.

hahaha thanks guys.. i was really amazed when i first saw the pic.

asked the same question around thetime the forum first got started and Lycanlord has it right.

lycanlord wrote:

looks to be a Hadrurus sp
there arent many Hadrurus it looks like h.pinteri

Good call. I honestly forgot that Hadrurus pinteri existed until you mentioned it. I was inclined to think Hadrurus due to the shape, size, etc of that median eye, but I didn't want to point in any direction unless I was totally sure.

Here's a picture of a fourth instar individual: (Picture taken by Manny Rubio, obtained from his book "Scorpions, a Complete Pet Owner's Manual.")

Scorpion19981000 wrote:

Here's a picture of a fourth instar individual: (Picture taken by Manny Rubio, obtained from his book "Scorpions, a Complete Pet Owner's Manual.")

very beautiful species...

does anyone in the hobby own these species?

toidy wrote:

Scorpion19981000 wrote:

Here's a picture of a fourth instar individual: (Picture taken by Manny Rubio, obtained from his book "Scorpions, a Complete Pet Owner's Manual.")

very beautiful species...

does anyone in the hobby own these species?

Im sure one or two people will have found some wild specimens, but other than that no lol

lycanlord wrote:

Im sure one or two people will have found some wild specimens, but other than that no lol

+1.

Never heard of anyone keeping these.