Does anybody have any experience keeping Paraphrynus mexicanus?

[psionix]

i know that that these occur natually in the southern part of AZ and into Mexico... there doesn't seem to be a whole lot of info that i can find... i'm mainly looking for how big they are as adults and captivity requirements..

does anyone have any experience with keeping these guys?

 

[JesseD]

Wow! It looks like it's half tailless whipscorpion and half vinegaroon.

 

[psionix]

anyone else?

 

[darrelldlc]

I have kept a few recently I kept them kind of humid an around 75 -80with something to climb on. hope this helps.when I found them, they were roaming around in the dark on a cool night -80-85 degrees, it was a bit humid and breezy. it was fairly dry on the substrate they were climbing on.
Darrell.

 

[psionix]

^that's a step in the right direction.. thanks Darrell

 

[heyjeyniceid]

Ive found them on warm summer nights, mid-high 70's, with a decent amount of humidity and like alot of Arizona invertebrates, after rains.

I would assume room temperature would do allright just give it somehwere that is a bit more humid than the rest of the enclosure.

I once saw a barkscorpion eating one of these. It sucked becuase I was looking for them in particular that night.

The largest one i have seen, and dont quote me, was probably an inch at the widest and I doubt they get much larger than that.

 

[psionix]

Ive found them on warm summer nights, mid-high 70's, with a decent amount of humidity and like alot of Arizona invertebrates, after rains.

thanks for the info. was that around the phoenix [gilbert] area?

 

[heyjeyniceid]

thanks for the info. was that around the phoenix [gilbert] area?

yeah, roughly.