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Uroctonus mordax, known generally as the California forest scorpion or western forest scorpion, is a species of scorpion in the family Vaejovidae. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Most notably, this species is almost entirely restricted to California's Redwood Forests and Oak Woodlands , and is considered a foundational species in those ecosystems. [ 3 ]
The Baja California bark scorpion is a scorpion that belongs to the Centruroides genus and exilicauda species and is one of the 529 species of scorpions around today and one of the 41 bark species of scorpions. [4] [5] They are native to the Western parts of North America, including Baja California, California, Arizona, and New Mexico.
Pseudouroctonus is a genus of scorpions found in the drylands and mountains of western North America. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] This genus was first named by H. L. Stahnke in 1974. [ 3 ] Several species were added by S. A. Stockwell in 1992.
These scorpions have very large, black-tipped claws, and a "swollen region just before the stinger" on their telsons, most prominent in mature males. [5] [4] California swollen-stinger scorpions are nocturnal ambush predators who mostly wait in their burrows for bypassing prey species. Females dig burrows up to 60 cm (24 in) deep, while burrows ...
Paruroctonus boreus, commonly known as the northern scorpion, [1] [2] [3] is a species of scorpion in the family Vaejovidae. It is the northernmost species of scorpion, the only scorpion found in Canada , [ 3 ] and one of the scorpions with the broadest distribution over North America .
A striped scorpion hiding among rocks at Taum Sauk Mountain State Park. A medium-sized scorpion that is rarely longer than 70 mm (up to around 2 3/4 in), the striped bark scorpion is a uniform pale-yellow scorpion that can be identified by two dark, longitudinal stripes on its carapace, with a dark triangle above the ocular tubercle.
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