ID this Mexican scorpion

[Aztek]

Yucatan Peninsula
Playa del Carmen in Mexico

 

[Malcara]

I couldn't tell you what he/she is, but just wanted to say thats an awesome critter. Did you catch and keep him or just photo in the wild? I know I've seen this sp before on this website, just can't remember the name. http://www.ub.ntnu.no/scorpion-files/gallery.php

 

[lychas]

Male Tityus sp?

 

[lychas]

Or Centruroides sp male, not real good with my exotics

 

[Aztek]

I was thinking centruroides nigrescens but I don't know their locality.

 

[Richard McJimsey]

Male centruroides species for sure, can you get pictures of his underside?

 

[K3jser]

Check out the Telson guys.. thats not a centruroides.. the stinger is way to short for that..

 

[Aztek]

Most male Centruroides have an elongated telson like an oval.

 

[redknee_freak]

wow, that is one awesome looking scorpion. whatever it is , i like it

 

[reverendsterlin]

I agree it's probably Tityus sp of some sort just from the look, seems like it's north from where I'd expect Tityus. Maybe Dave or someone will gives us a better answer.
Rev

 

[Brian S]

Its not a Tityus, its a Centruroides spp, possibly a gracilis

 

[tabor]

Its not a Tityus, its a Centruroides spp, possibly a gracilis

I agree. Not a tityus for sure.

 

[bluefrogtat2]

also agree its a centruoides,doesn't look like my male gracilis though,much more elongated.
nice pic by the way
andy

 

[pandinus]

gracilis is the only centruroides possible for it to be if you found it in the yucatan.

 

[tabor]

also agree its a centruoides,doesn't look like my male gracilis though,much more elongated.
nice pic by the way
andy

specimens of the same species can display different physical traits, especially when separated by huge distances. most the gracilis you have seen likely came from Florida. so it is very plausible that the ones from the Yucatan would look a little different.

thats also why pics are hard to %100 ID something by.

 

[tabor]

There are also no Tityus in Mexico.

Male gracilis or nigrescens

 

[redknee_freak]

specimens of the same species can display different physical traits, especially when separated by huge distances. most the gracilis you have seen likely came from Florida. so it is very plausible that the ones from the Yucatan would look a little different.

thats also why pics are hard to %100 ID something by.

makes sense

 

[tabor]

Where did you get the pic Aztek? I've hooked you butt up with some mexi species so PM me if you don't want to post it here. ;P

 

[~Abyss~]

Not his scorpion...sorry Ryan but I'm going to Durango this winter so you should be hooking ME up. LOL. Anyways I believe that there is 1 species of tytius in Mexico. But still think it's Centroide. I don't think it's C. gracilis though Yucatan has much more variety.
-Eddy

 

[~Abyss~]

oh oh oh this might be helpful.

http://www.americanarachnology.org/JoA_free/JoA_v6_n2/JoA_v6_p159.pdf