First scorpion, need identifying

[defined]

Hi arachnoboarders

after having all the equipment ready to have my first tarantula i ended up adopting my mates scorpion

He only had it for a week and wasn't fussed on owning one so he passed it on to me, he didnt do any research before buying it and just went into the shop and bought it without finding out any detail about it first.

So could you help me identify him? and do you think he is an adult or a juvenile?

BTW i have named him tickles

 

[nickianderson]

Maybe a P. imperator (Emperor)?

 

[snippy]

Heterometrus spp. is my best bet. But the pictures are much too poor to say anything definitive!

How about its size?

Edit: @ nickianderson: The color of the telson begs to differ.

Regards
Finn

 

[defined]

thanks a lot for the reply guys, ill take some more pics, is there any part of the scorpion i could macro picture to help with identifying? ill put something next to him to help with scale aswell

 

[snippy]

Yes! Carapace, chalae, metasoma and telson for starters

Regards
Finn

 

[VictorHernandez]

I'm going to have to say Pandinus imperator, because of the chelae(shape, size, texture). He seems to be an adult too, because of the dark telson. The rest of the body does seem different, but maybe because he's just a little dirty.

 

[defined]

got some more pics here, is the orange/yellow color a part of him or just some sort of dirt?

there seems to be a part of his pincer missing aswell

 

[KDiiX]

I'm going to have to say Pandinus imperator, because of the chelae(shape, size, texture). He seems to be an adult too, because of the dark telson. The rest of the body does seem different, but maybe because he's just a little dirty.

Pandinus sp. Telson don't get black just red/brown. So I agree with Finn its some Heterometrus sp.

 

[VictorHernandez]

The better pictures changed my mind to Heterometrus as well.
The chelae in the first pictures looked bumpy and Pandinus-shaped, and I thought the telson color had to do with lighting. The other ones show how the chelae are smothed with grooves and distinctively Heterometrus shaped.

 

[Bayushi]

Showed the pics to a friend of mine who has a few species of Hets and he guesses it could be either a H scaber or H mysroensis, but that is only based on your location and what he knows has been available there.

He did jokingly state you could have lucked out and gotten a H roeseli and then laughed like a small child on a sugar high. ( it's funny if you know your taxonomy... or so he says. I thought it was a bit lame myself.)

 

[snippy]

And Dude, if that paper box is the only thing he has for a hide, please at least "invest" in a proper hide (bark, a stone, whatever)!

 

[Michiel]

I am not totally convinced it is a Heterometrus. It could also be P.cavimanus....telson coloration can vary between populations of the same species and is not rock solid proof....

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[Galapoheros]

I'm leaning to it being a Pandinus sps. On a side note, imperators can have really dark telsons, one over here has a jet black telson, as black as black can be, to the naked eye anyway. That's unusual though. There is a pic of it on this site somewhere. I'll still have her but she's getting old now.

 

[2nscorpx]

The chelae shape does suggest Pandinus spp., even though the telson is not the usual color...

 

[VictorHernandez]

I'm actually going back to Pandinus lol, because I've noticed most Heterometrus have a longer telson that the Pandinus spp., and Pandinus have a more rounded telson...........