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Opistophthalmus crassimanus (Purcell, 1899) Male and female Opistophthalmus crassimanus (Brawny Burrowing Scorpion) from near KliprandA large, robust burrowing scorpion that inhabit the Karoo and Bushmanland where they dig fairly deep burrows in compacted s...

Opistophthalmus fitzsimonsi (Hewitt, 1935) Picture by ryanvanhuyssteen Picture by ryanvanhuyssteen Picture by ryanvanhuyssteen Picture by joachim

Opistophthalmus fossor (Purcell, 1898) Picture by paulbester Male Opistophthalmus fossor from Du Toitskloof.Typical elongated pincers of the males compared to the female from the previous post. Picture by paulbester Female Opistophthalmus fossor from Du To...

Opistophthalmus flavescens (Purcell, 1898) Picture by ryanvanhuyssteen Picture by bioblogo Picture by michael_sojo Picture by juliangums Picture by chantibo Picture by marcopogon

Opistophthalmus fuscipes (Purcell, 1899) Picture by paulbester Picture by paulbester Male and female Opistophthalmus fuscipes (Renosterveld Burrowing Scorpion) from Riebeek West. One of the few scorpion species in South Africa that are truly at risk of los...

Opistophthalmus gibbericauda (Lamoral, 1979)

Opistophthalmus gigas (Purcell, 1898) Picture by paulbester Male Opistophthalmus gigas (Giant Burrowing Scorpion) from Aggeneys.The largest Opistophthalmus species in the world. From what I saw all adults were longer than 14cm.The 2nd photo shows some scale ...

Opistophthalmus glabrifrons (Peters, 1861)

Opistophthalmus granifrons (Pocock, 1896) Picture by paulbester Opistophthalmus granifrons (Rough Fronted Burrowing Scorpion) from SpringbokA rather common species found throughout the Namaqualand. They construct burrows in open areas of consolidated sandy s...

Opistophthalmus haackei (Lawrence, 1966) Picture by paulbester Male Opistophthalmus haackei (Haacke's Burrowing Scorpion) from Klein PellaA species that is rarely encountered because of their remote location, harsh environment and very few human settlements....

Opistophthalmus holmi (Lawrence, 1969) Picture by undwe Picture by eugenemarais

Opistophthalmus intercedens (Kraepelin, 1908) Picture by paulbester Opistophthalmus intercedens from Witputz, Namibia Opistophthalmus intercedens from North of Rosh Pinah.Not much is known about this species or even if this specimen is truly intercedens. ...

Opistophthalmus intermedius (Kraepelin, 1894)

Opistophthalmus jenseni (Lamoral, 1972) Picture by undwe  

      Opistophthalmus karrooensis (Purcell, 1898) Picture by paul Opistophthalmus karrooensis (Karoo Burrowing Scorpion) from Touwsberg Nature Reserve.A species that is extremely common in the Klein Karoo and surrounding Groot Karoo as well.They c...

Opistophthalmus keilandsi (Hewitt, 1914) Opistophthalmus keilandsi Hewitt, 1914, male (A–B), female (C–D): A, C dorsal aspect of habitus B, D ventral aspect of habitus. Scale bars: 10 mm. REF: An annotated catalogue of the scorpion types (Arachnida, Scorp...

Opistophthalmus lamorali (Prendini, 2000) Picture by undwe Picture by undwe Picture by undwe

Opistophthalmus laticauda (Purcell, 1898) Picture by paulbester Female Opistophthalmus laticauda (Hantam Burrowing Scorpion) from NW of Sutherland Picture by paulbester Opistophthalmus laticauda (Hantam Burrowing Scorpion) from Calvinia Picture by paulbes...

Opistophthalmus latimanus (Koch, 1841) Picture by paulbester Picture by christiaan_viljoen

Opistophthalmus latro (Thorell, 1894) Picture by paulbester Male Opistophthalmus latro (Peninsular Burrowing Scorpion) from from Cape Columbine NRA species that is only found in the area of the West Coast Peninsula where they burrow in the soft sands close t...