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Rainforest Scorpion
Plate 1 of 2. Monod L, Duperre N, Harms D (2019) An annotated catalogue of the scorpion types (Arachnida (CC BY 4.0) · via Wikimedia

Rainforest Scorpion

Hormurus waigiensis

Hormurus waigiensis, also known as the Australian rainforest scorpion, is a species of scorpion in the Hormuridae family. It is native to Australia and New Guinea. It was first described in 1844 by French paleontologist and zoologist Paul Gervais.

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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 370342.