Species Repository

Browse care guides for exotic and reptile species. All information is for educational purposes and does not replace professional veterinary advice.

Scorpion Beginner

Asian Forest Scorpion

Heterometrus spinifer

A large black forest scorpion from humid forests of South and South-East Asia, including Malaysia, Thailand, …

🌡 21–29°C · 💧 70–85%

Scorpion Beginner

Blue Forest Scorpion

Javanimetrus cyaneus

A big forest scorpion from tropical rainforest and wetland forest in Borneo, the Philippines and Indonesia, w…

🌡 21–29°C · 💧 70–85%

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Scorpion Beginner

Dwarf Wood Scorpion

Liocheles australasiae

A tiny, flattened scorpion that lives in rotting wood and under bark and stones across tropical Asia, Austral…

🌡 21–30°C · 💧 60–85%

Scorpion Beginner

Emperor Scorpion

Pandinus imperator

A large, glossy black scorpion from the rainforest and humid savannah of West Africa, where it burrows under …

🌡 21–30°C · 💧 70–85%

Scorpion Beginner

Thai Forest Scorpion

Heterometrus laoticus

A large, jet-black forest scorpion from humid, peaty forest in Laos and Vietnam. Adults reach about 12 cm, an…

🌡 20–29°C · 💧 60–80%