Hmm, I'm not quite sure why the picture appears so small. I think this one should be better. From what I see there is a cinnamon stripe in the middle with similar sized black lines on both sides. The scorp looks similar to C. vittatus but with a more dull black and a complete lack of a black triangle on the head.
He's got wood he can climb. He just happened to be on the ground at the time of the picture.
Yeah, I've seen pictures of C. sculpturatus that look similar and then I've seen pictures of C. vittatus that look similar. I have heard that C. sculpturatus can look different depending on where it was collected from. I'm not entirely sure what state this one came from, but it could just look a bit different than most.
Yeah that's what I thought. Quite interesting that they can have such a variety of looks despite them being the same species. Thanks for letting me know.
Let me known when methods to identify animals go by variations in coloration. How about using the established method used to ID Sculpturatus, the sculpted appearance of the dorsal plates. Do a comparison between your specimen and several identified species that do and don't don't have that trait - up close and personal. Much better than looking at pictures.
Well unfortunately I don't live in Arizona so I can't go outside my house and pick a Arizona Bark Scorpion up and compare it to the one I have now, that's why I bought this one and didn't catch it. I am not sure how I can compare my specimen to another specimen without the help of online pictures. From looking at online pictures, I see that some of C. sculpturatus do have stripes.
Then you are stuck with the scientific scapegoat, 'presumed'. A lovely transitive verb that identifies something yet is noncommital.
Physicians get to use that word and 'reminescent'.
That is exactly what mine looks like. It's amazing that there can be so much variation in one species.
The head markings are a great identifier for bark scorpions, kinda like striped barks typically always have the triangle even if the pattern is iffy, i've found a lot of the time in my id groups patterns are not so trustworthy lol
Oh no you wont! I always like hearing what people have to say on my posts, even if they are a bit old. And yeah, I'd have to agree with you on the head markings. There is a distinct difference between the head markings of an Arizona Bark and a Striped Bark.
