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Rock Scorpions
Hadogenes
Hadogenes is a genus of African scorpions (including the world's longest, Hadogenes troglodytes). This genus is distinguished by its members which have an unusually flat overall appearance that allows them to quickly get in and out of the cracks and cervices that are generally abundant in their rocky habitats. Occurring in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. Members of the genus also have special claws on their tarsus which allows them specialized maneuverability in their environments. The members of this genus have demonstrated an inability to travel across the sand and will perish in the heat when unable to find shelter for extended periods of time. The members of this genus are threatened by habitat loss due to mining as well and by poaching for the exotic pet trade.
20 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Flat Rock Scorpion
speciesHadogenes troglodytes
Magaliesberg Rock Scorpion
speciesHadogenes gunningi
Albany Rock Scorpion
speciesHadogenes trichiurus
Namib Rock Scorpion
speciesHadogenes tityrus
Namaqua Rock Scorpion
speciesHadogenes phyllodes
Cederberg Rock Scorpion
speciesHadogenes minor
Hadogenes hahni
speciesHadogenes hahni
Mozambique Rock Scorpion
speciesHadogenes granulatus
Soutpansberg Rock Scorpion
speciesHadogenes soutpansbergensis
Harmonius Rock Scorpion
speciesHadogenes longimanus
Richtersveld Rock Scorpion
speciesHadogenes zumpti
Zululand Rock Scorpion
speciesHadogenes zuluanus
Short-tailed Rock Scorpion
speciesHadogenes bicolor
Newland's Rock Scorpion
speciesHadogenes newlandsi
Fine Rock Scorpion
speciesHadogenes gracilis
Hairy Rock Scorpion
speciesHadogenes polytrichobothrius
Weygoldt's Rock Scorpion
speciesHadogenes weygoldti
Hadogenes paucidens
speciesHadogenes paucidens
Hadogenes austroafricanus
speciesHadogenes austroafricanus
Hadogenes lawrencei
speciesHadogenes lawrencei
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 482443.