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I didn't see those pics and you are right: they do look very similar. I'll put it in an enclosure with deep substrate and I'll see if it digs a burrow. Being an Opistophthalmus carinatus would certainly explain its agressiveness compared to the other !

I don't really take into account what the pet shop said to me as they have been frequently wrong in the past. i checked up all the suggested species and this one does look a lot like Opisthacanthus rugiceps, especially since the first thing it did when I put a piece of bark in the inclosure was...

Thanks a lot, I checked up their claws and I saw two rows of granules on the lower finger, so I guess they could be Opisthacanthus. The granules are actually a lot clearer on the first one than on the second, and this first scorpion is also a lot more agressive (towards my fingers !) than the...

I looked at Eric's page for African scorpions and they do look very much like as either Opisthacanthus or Cheloctonus (or both). If they are of different species I should probably host them separately, although they seem everything but agressive (they are really slow, I don't know how they are...

I just bought these two strange looking scorps. I'm not sure they are of the same specie, though they do look alike. They are approximately 5cm / 2 inch long including the tail. Scorpion 1 : http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/596/hpim03936er.jpg...

Apart from the colour and size difference (which can vary from specimen to specimen and regions of origin I guess) as pointed by G. Carnell, what would be the anatomical differences between H. hottentotta et H. trilineatus ? I read on P. Bultel's site that H. trilineatus usually has a bump right...

Thanks, I checked Eric's page and I believe the pics which look the most like my scorps are those of Hottentotta trilineatus : http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eycb/scorpions/Gafrique.htm . What are the main differences between H. hottentotta et H. trilineatus ?

I just got 3 of these. This one is significantly smaller than the other two, and it has bulbous claws so I guess it is a male. The two females are approximately 3 cm / 1.18 inch long including the tail. http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/1586/hpim03675wx.png...

Well it has burrowed to the bottom of its enclosure, which it had never done before, so I guess it wants to be left alone...

For now it is eating a lot, I thought it was a bit skinny so I feed it regularly. I have not seen it poop for now, but I fear it might be the pooping canal that is blocked as I have the impression that the bump is growing (I did not notice it at first so I guess it must have been small). I will...

I just bought a new Pandinus (Cavimanus I'd say), and it has a strange bump on the left side. I took some picture of it, anyone has an idea what it can be ? The scorpion seems quite healthy and very agressive. Picture 1 Picture 2 Picture 3 Thanks

I sure will, it is the most active scorp I have seen, walking around in full daylight! I actually ordered a H. Arizonensis but I don't think I'll see many differences :)

Spadix isn't it ? Agressive little guy and not shy at all, it does not seem interested in hiding :) Picture 1 Picture 2 Picture 3 Picture 4 Picture 5

By small I mean the whole body is approximately 2cm/0.8" long and with the tail they are probably less than 3.5cm/1.4" long. They are also thinner than the H. Hottentotta I previously owned. They seem king of arboreal because I put some half coconuts to serve as hides and they seem to enjoy...

I got 3 of these last week. They were sold to me as "African scorpions", living in East Africa. They are quite small (the body is 2cm/0.8" long), red/brown, very fast and seem to be communal (I put them in a big enclosure with several hides and they all gather in the same one). Thanks...

It's a mixture that my petshop sells, they call it "cricket food". It's basically a mixture of barley, bran and other kind of cereals. They seem to love that even if it is not what they would eat in the wild.

So I guess you're both right, thanks for your id.

Hi all Sorry for the bad quality of the pictures, my camera is very bad. They were sold to me as "African black millipedes". They are over 15 cm (6 inches) long, mostly black with some red on the rings. The legs are red except the tip which is black. The underneath is mostly red. Thanks...

I guess you are right then, I'll go with Oryctes nasicornis. Thanks for the id.

They do look very similar but they are dark black and their nasal horn smaller than the Oryctes nasicornis I have seen, though it may be a regional variation.