Heterometrus spinifer or petersii

[LinnieScorp14]

Just need some help identifying my new baby, I'm pretty sure he is either Heterometrus spinifer or petersii, I just don't know the specifics.
He has also completely changed his sleep schedule. ( I've had him about a month ) He now wakes up early in the AM and stays awake until late afternoon. Sorry, I don't have the best picture
Is this normal?

 

[LinnieScorp14]

Some more photos

 

[Dry Desert]

Some more photos

Not H.spinifer either H.peterii or H.laoticus depends on where it was collected from.

 

[LinnieScorp14]

I'm not sure where he was collected, I got him from a lps.

 

[Galapoheros]

petersii has a little bit of granulation on the carapace, laoticus doesn't have any, you might get a better idea that way.

 

[velvetundergrowth]

H. laoticus is very popular in LPS's right now, but they will usually be id'd as "Asian Forest Scorpion - Asia".

 

[kingofall]

I'd say probably H. laoticus or H. Petersii

 

[Mslinger]

The 1st 2 pictures were purchased as H. Petersii
Pretty large imo. Super cool animals.
The last 4 pics were purchased as H. Spinifer. They were smaller I assume juveniles. I’m still learning to identify this group, but I think the others are also Petersii as well. Imo the top 3 mislabeled species for AFS are petersii/Spinifer/longimanus in the US.

 

[THR]

spinifer has white to yellow telson during juvenile stage, while petersii and laoticus are brown to black. Also, spinifer has a pair of elongated chela. The only problem is how to distinguish petersii and laoticus. The following pics are from a science paper.

 

[THR]

The 1st 2 pictures were purchased as H. Petersii
Pretty large imo. Super cool animals.
The last 4 pics were purchased as H. Spinifer. They were smaller I assume juveniles. I’m still learning to identify this group, but I think the others are also Petersii as well. Imo the top 3 mislabeled species for AFS are petersii/Spinifer/longimanus in the US.

All of them are petersii/laoticus

 

[THR]

Spinifer and longimanus. Spinifer has a redder telson and longimanus has a slender chela.