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Forest Thicktail Scorpions
Lychas
Lychas is a genus of scorpions belonging to the family Buthidae. It is one of the most widespread genus of the scorpions, where the species are found throughout in Africa and Seychelles, and in the Oriental region from India to Melanesia.
38 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Little Marbled Scorpion
speciesLychas marmoreus
Chinese Swimming Scorpion
speciesLychas mucronatus
Lychas scutilus
speciesLychas scutilus
Marbled Scorpion
speciesLychas variatus
Ochre Scorpion
speciesLychas jonesae
Lychas obsti
speciesLychas obsti
yellow sand scorpion
speciesLychas buchari
Lychas scaber
speciesLychas scaber
Lychas armillatus
speciesLychas armillatus
Lychas krali
speciesLychas krali
Lychas kharpadi
speciesLychas kharpadi
Lychas flavimanus
speciesLychas flavimanus
Lychas aareyensis
speciesLychas aareyensis
Lychas serratus
speciesLychas serratus
Lychas shelfordi
speciesLychas shelfordi
Lychas asper
speciesLychas asper
Lychas santoensis
speciesLychas santoensis
Lychas cernikai
speciesLychas cernikai
Seychelles Forest Scorpion
speciesLychas braueri
Lychas aberlenci
speciesLychas aberlenci
Lychas biharensis
speciesLychas biharensis
Lychas cernickai
speciesLychas cernickai
Lychas inexpectatus
speciesLychas inexpectatus
Lychas mjobergi
speciesLychas mjobergi
Lychas nigristernis
speciesLychas nigristernis
Lychas kotao
speciesLychas kotao
Lychas chanthaburiensis
speciesLychas chanthaburiensis
Lychas jakli
speciesLychas jakli
Lychas rugosus
speciesLychas rugosus
Lychas armasi
speciesLychas armasi
Lychas brehieri
speciesLychas brehieri
Lychas lourencoi
speciesLychas lourencoi
Lychas kamshetensis
speciesLychas kamshetensis
Lychas perfidus
speciesLychas perfidus
Lychas rackae
speciesLychas rackae
Lychas gravelyi
speciesLychas gravelyi
Lychas hillyardi
speciesLychas hillyardi
Lychas hendersoni
speciesLychas hendersoni
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 370747.