Sexing an Asian Forrest Scorpion

[SpaceM]

Was wondering if anyone is able help sex my AFS from the pictures below. I've looked at a few images online but still can't decide what it is.

 

[theDHill]

I'm not an expert, but it looks like a female to me. Gills appear almost horizontal instead of V shaped, they do not extend beyond the side of the scorpion, the gap between them looks kind of wide-ish, and not to mention it is either obese or it look gravid!!

Do you know which species of Heterometrus? If so, you can do a count of the gills in some cases, males and females will be different.

If you're interested, here is a good link for figuring out which Heterometrus species you have...

http://www.science.marshall.edu/fet/euscorpius/p2004_15.pdf

*Starting on pg 51 there is an identification key, which helped me definitively deduce mine as H. spinifer

Good luck!!!

Also, here is a picture of my 100% female H. spinifer to compare with...

 

[beetleman]

female

 

[SpaceM]

Thanks for the replies. Took it into a pet shop today, we decided it was a female and I part-exed it for a P.metalica. A little sad to say to see it go but I never saw it anyway and have been wanting a Metallica for a while.

 

[The Snark]

I'm developing a loathing for the term Asian Forest Scorpion. A catch bucket name similar to Pine Tree or Eucalyptus. The bullfeathers naming like 'Laoticus - native to Vietnam' or 'Spinifer - Malaysian Black...'isn't helping and the boundary jumping just makes it worse.

 

[Jose Rivera]

Definitely a female!