my scorpion's

first up my big male p.imperator love this scorpion




young p.imperator's i have 2.1 of them


some h.spinifer




some h.paucidens


p.cavimanus


one of my 2 h.swammerdami scorpling's


and this which i was just told it's from turkey, after load's of research an speaking to a friend it seem's to be a Iurus dufoureius asiaticus


think that's all of them, probably have some more pic's on my phone/laptop somewhere

Nice thank you for sharing, consider submitting these to our new picture directory section.

chrisc wrote:

and this which i was just told it's from turkey, after load's of research an speaking to a friend it seem's to be a Iurus dufoureius asiaticus

I quite like the coloration on this one. Nice!

I recognise you from another forum. Welcome to scorpion forum

You're collection is getting bigger and better. You've now also got an Iuridae scorpion. My favourite.

There has been loads of revision with the Iurus genus recently. I. dufoureius asiaticus no longer exists. It has been reassigned to a brand new genus, Protoiurus and elevated from subspecies to species, Protoiurus asiaticus.

If this scorpion is from a UK or EU dealer it is more than likely actually Protoiurus kraepelini. This is the species that Bugzuk were offering as Iuridae sp. 'Turkey' and many EU sellers are also offering Protoiurus kraepelini. This was confirmed by my far more knowledgeable friend, I was also calling mine I. d. asiaticus before I sent him some pictures

I would recommend keeping one side of their enclosure slightly damp, as although this species is found in Turkey, it seeks out humid places to live.

very good pictures! thanks for sharing!

thank's all will get my decent camera out over the weekend an share some macro shot's, will have a look at the picture directory thread.

Callum B wrote:

I recognise you from another forum. Welcome to scorpion forum

You're collection is getting bigger and better. You've now also got an Iuridae scorpion. My favourite.

There has been loads of revision with the Iurus genus recently. I. dufoureius asiaticus no longer exists. It has been reassigned to a brand new genus, Protoiurus and elevated from subspecies to species, Protoiurus asiaticus.

If this scorpion is from a UK or EU dealer it is more than likely actually Protoiurus kraepelini. This is the species that Bugzuk were offering as Iuridae sp. 'Turkey' and many EU sellers are also offering Protoiurus kraepelini. This was confirmed by my far more knowledgeable friend, I was also calling mine I. d. asiaticus before I sent him some pictures

I would recommend keeping one side of their enclosure slightly damp, as although this species is found in Turkey, it seeks out humid places to live.

i no longer post on that forum apart from the classified's, yes the collection has grown a fair bit most of my T's are going to make room for more scorpion's will just be keeping my chilean rose an the bird eater's.
cheer's for the info i had not heard of these scorpion's until i bought a friend's collection.
i do have a paper to read, a review of the iuridae sp from 2010
no idea where it originally came from as my friend bought someone else's collection then sold them all to me, its a very cool scorp an the first one of mine ive actually seen hunt down its food

chrisc wrote:

thank's all will get my decent camera out over the weekend an share some macro shot's, will have a look at the picture directory thread.

Well it needs pictures of all the species in your original post. Have a look at what other members have submitted to get an idea of what we're looking for.

chrisc wrote:

i no longer post on that forum apart from the classified's, yes the collection has grown a fair bit most of my T's are going to make room for more scorpion's will just be keeping my chilean rose an the bird eater's.
cheer's for the info i had not heard of these scorpion's until i bought a friend's collection.
i do have a paper to read, a review of the iuridae sp from 2010
no idea where it originally came from as my friend bought someone else's collection then sold them all to me, its a very cool scorp an the first one of mine ive actually seen hunt down its food

I'm looking forward to seeing what you'll add to the collection over the coming year.

will check it out shortly.

on the to get list at the moment is
adult female p.imperator
adult male p.cavimanus
some Vaejovis sp scorpion's
and some other heterometrus sp scorp's, probably my favourite sp

Third picture, FIRE BREATHING SCORPION!!!

I like your collection chrisc, very nice.