Asian Forest Scorpion

G. Carnell

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Hi
thats a very nice scorp...

looks like H.spinifer or H.longimanus (maybe H. cimrmani)

can you get us brighter pics?
 

G. Carnell

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meh, no idea

probably H.laoticus or H.petersii

its from Thailand/Viet Nam right?
 

G. Carnell

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then Heterometrus laoticus it is :) : 95% sure

and if what im trying to work out with my specimens is correct, yours is a female
(im working on an easy way to sex them)
 

Russ Thomas

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Hi folks,

Please bear with me and pardon my ignorance, but is this the species that is also known as the 'Asian hissing scorpion'? :?
Beautiful looking scorp.you have got there Stardust,really nice ! :worship:

Regards,

Russ
 

ScorpDude

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Russ, the asian hissing scorp is probably a spinifer, it will definatly be a heterometrus species anyway.
 

Jetzie

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i dont think it's a spinifer ..

looks like a loaticus or longimanus
 

Stardust

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G. Carnell said:
then Heterometrus laoticus it is :) : 95% sure

and if what im trying to work out with my specimens is correct, yours is a female
(im working on an easy way to sex them)
Guess wad ? u are rite ? She's gravid when i bought her...recently juz give birth to over 20 scorpions !!! So happy now.... :p
 

G. Carnell

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sounds good!
one thing.. dont give the babies too much substrate, they WILL make a deep burrow and then itll be impossible to regulate feeding and count them
 
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