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Barring Scorpions
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Barring Scorpions

Cheloctonus

Cheloctonus is a genus of scorpions in the family Hormuridae. Scorpions in this genus are not believed to be medically significant.

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6 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Jones's Scorpion

speciesCheloctonus jonesii

Intermediate Creeping Scorpion

speciesCheloctonus intermedius

Sooty Creeping Scorpion

speciesCheloctonus anthracinus

Southern Creeping Scorpion

speciesCheloctonus crassimanus

Amatola Creeping Scorpion

speciesCheloctonus glaber

Cheloctonus kakongo

speciesCheloctonus kakongo

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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 340486.