black thai or asian black forest?

[emmille]

can anyone please help me whats the difference between black thai scorpion and asian black forest scorpion? they look exactly the same...well to my unproffessional eye i guess!!!! thanks!!!

 

[Ryan C.]

Do you know the scientific names of those species? Looked black thai scorpion up on google and got 1 picture of an H. Spinifer, sounds like they are both heterometrus sp. to me.

 

[G. Carnell]

Asian Forest Scorpion = Heterometrus spp.

if you see a country name, then the heterometrus probably comes from that country: ie, thai = H.spinifer/H.laoticus
viet= H.spinifer/H.laoticus/H.petersii
ETC

the suppliers generally misidentify if they are using common names, so you will need to ID your scorpion by yourself ;/

or send me pics

 

[franco]

can anyone please help me whats the difference between black thai scorpion and asian black forest scorpion? they look exactly the same...well to my unproffessional eye i guess!!!! thanks!!!

thai black is heterometrus laoticus and asian black is heterometrus longimanus. where did you see the thai black?

 

[Alakdan]

H. Longimanus and H. Spinifer

I have both. I'm no expert so I also get confused with their common names. My longimanus is black, even in daylight. While my spinifer looks black but has a greenish color (like a darker shade of jade) under daylight. If you have adults, I believe the spinifer is much bigger and robust than the longimanus.

 

[Prymal]

Alakdan,

Aside from my H. longimanus being jet-black, it does not have the heavily-built, robust chelae of my H. spinifer and the fingers of the hand are very elongate in comparison to the short, stout fingers of the chelae of H. spinifer.

Luc

 

[G. Carnell]

Hi Luc
do your H.spinifers chela resemble this in any way:

 

[emmille]

franco,i saw the black thai in a book and it says it can also be seen in the Philippines and i got mine in the Phil so i just thought its a black thai. then all of the sudden before being a member here i saw a asian black so i got confused.

alakdan,as to your description it looks kinda greenish sometimes. where did you get yours? i got mine in aranque just this feb10!!!! Ü

thanks for the pic G. Carnell.

so i guess or i think its a black thai!!!!!!!

thanks guys!!!!!!!

 

[G. Carnell]

hey..

there are lots of different species everywhere!!

Black thai, unsurprisingly comes from Thailand

in the Philippenes you get H.cyaneus, H.longmanus and H.petersii

in Thailand you get H.spinifer and H.laoticus, so depending on where you got it, you have different characteristics to identify

any chance of a picture?

 

[Scorpfanatic]

i saw h laotics in thailand... and wild caught h.spinifers and H.longiminus in singapore.

 

[Scorpfanatic]

Hi Luc
do your H.spinifers chela resemble this in any way:

hei geroge i think mine doesnt resembles that way!!!! oh mygod!

 

[franco]

hey..

there are lots of different species everywhere!!

Black thai, unsurprisingly comes from Thailand

in the Philippenes you get H.cyaneus, H.longmanus and H.petersii

in Thailand you get H.spinifer and H.laoticus, so depending on where you got it, you have different characteristics to identify

any chance of a picture?

actually there are also h. spinifers here in the phils and is very much available in the market for selling. we also have h.laoticus, liocheles australasiae, vinegaroons and tarantulas. i'm currently breeding my m.martensii from china and hopefully, in the near future, there would be more species of scorps here in the phils sold at a much cheaper price

 

[franco]

hei geroge i think mine doesnt resembles that way!!!! oh mygod!

can you post a pic of your h.spinifer? when will you visit the phils? can you bring in some scorps with you?

 

[Scorpfanatic]

er.. i was even thinking of getting some there from phillipnes .. like laotics and emps. hahah.. hei franco. mind giving me some contacts for the martensis? i ve been looking for ages man... thanks you can PM me thouigh, hehe ...