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Uroplectes
Uroplectes is a genus of scorpions in the family Buthidae. They are known commonly as the lesser thick-tailed scorpions. There are about 40 species distributed in the Afrotropic ecozone. They are most diverse in South Africa.
28 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Common Lesser-Thicktail Scorpion
speciesUroplectes carinatus
Highveld Lesser-Thicktail Scorpion
speciesUroplectes triangulifer
Striped Lesser-Thicktail Scorpion
speciesUroplectes lineatus
Orange Lesser-Thicktail Scorpion
speciesUroplectes planimanus
Eastern Bark Scorpion
speciesUroplectes vittatus
Gracile Lesser-Thicktail Scorpion
speciesUroplectes gracilior
Painted Lesser-Thicktail Scorpion
speciesUroplectes formosus
Olive-brown Lesser-Thicktail Scorpion
speciesUroplectes olivaceus
Uroplectes pilosus
speciesUroplectes pilosus
Yellow Lesser-Thicktail Scorpion
speciesUroplectes flavoviridis
Uroplectes otjimbinguensis
speciesUroplectes otjimbinguensis
Variegated Lesser-Thicktail Scorpion
speciesUroplectes variegatus
Marloth's Lesser Thicktail
speciesUroplectes marlothi
Chubb's Lesser-Thicktail Scorpion
speciesUroplectes chubbi
Swollen-claw Lesser-Thicktail Scorpion
speciesUroplectes tumidimanus
Rock Lesser-Thicktail Scorpion
speciesUroplectes schlechteri
Table Mountain Lesser-Thicktail Scorpion
speciesUroplectes insignis
Uroplectes fischeri
speciesUroplectes fischeri
Yellow-striped Lesser-Thicktail Scorpion
speciesUroplectes xanthogrammus
Uroplectes zambezicus
speciesUroplectes zambezicus
Uroplectes occidentalis
speciesUroplectes occidentalis
Longclaw Lesser-Thicktail Scorpion
speciesUroplectes longimanus
Uroplectes teretipes
speciesUroplectes teretipes
Uroplectes malawicus
speciesUroplectes malawicus
Uroplectes silvestrii
speciesUroplectes silvestrii
Uroplectes schubotzi
speciesUroplectes schubotzi
Uroplectes katangensis
speciesUroplectes katangensis
Minute Lesser-thicktail Scorpion
speciesUroplectes ansiedippenaarae
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 338784.