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Uroplectes
Sign in to saveUroplectes is a genus of scorpions in the family Buthidae. They are known commonly as the lesser thick-tailed scorpions. There are about 40 species distributed in the Afrotropical realm. They are most diverse in South Africa.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Uroplectes is referenced by 10 other articles, and connects out to South Africa, Animalia and scorpion.
It sits within the topics Buthidae, Scorpion genera and Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters.
Its subject is documented across 10 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderScorpiones
- FamilyButhidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 397
- With media
- 6
- Family
- Buthidae
- Collections
- SAM, FMNH, CASC, ARC-PPRI
- Recorded in
- South Africa, Namibia, Kenya, Tanzania
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Uroplectes is a genus of scorpions in the family Buthidae. They are known commonly as the lesser thick-tailed scorpions. There are about 40 species distributed in the Afrotropical realm. They are most diverse in South Africa.
These scorpions are generally about 3 to 6 centimeters long, but a few are smaller, such as U. ansiedippenaarae, which is less than 2 centimeters in length. They are variable in color from bright yellows to muted greens. They occur in many types of habitat from mountain forests to deserts. They live under rocks and in trees, and are sometimes seen invading houses.
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