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Urodacus
Urodacus is a genus of scorpion belonging to the subfamily Urodacinae. It was described by German naturalist Wilhelm Peters in 1861. The type species is U. novaehollandiae. Its species are native to Australia, and dig burrows. The genus has been placed in its own family in 2000. Before this, the group had been a subfamily Urodacinae within the family Scorpionidae.
21 branches of this genus, most-observed first
black rock scorpion
speciesUrodacus manicatus
Coastal Robust Scorpion
speciesUrodacus novaehollandiae
Flinders Ranges Scorpion
speciesUrodacus elongatus
inland scorpion
speciesUrodacus yaschenkoi
Urodacus planimanus
speciesUrodacus planimanus
Urodacus armatus
speciesUrodacus armatus
Urodacus macrurus
speciesUrodacus macrurus
Urodacus hoplurus
speciesUrodacus hoplurus
Urodacus excellens
speciesUrodacus excellens
Urodacus centralis
speciesUrodacus centralis
Urodacus mckenziei
speciesUrodacus mckenziei
Urodacus hartmeyeri
speciesUrodacus hartmeyeri
Urodacus megamastigus
speciesUrodacus megamastigus
Urodacus butleri
speciesUrodacus butleri
Urodacus spinatus
speciesUrodacus spinatus
Urodacus giulianii
speciesUrodacus giulianii
Urodacus koolanensis
speciesUrodacus koolanensis
Urodacus lowei
speciesUrodacus lowei
Urodacus varians
speciesUrodacus varians
Urodacus carinatus
speciesUrodacus carinatus
Urodacus similis
speciesUrodacus similis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 324374.