is this a pandinus cavimanus?

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Andrew273

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Looks like a mature male P cavimanus to me. Color doesn't matter too much.
 
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lugwrench

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good I've been trying to track down some females for him I have a local pet shop looking for some
 
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Galapoheros

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Kind of looks like a pic I've seen of what somebody was calling P. militaris too, esp. the look of the chela. But I don't know if what I saw was P. militaris either, because I'm not sure if they knew either. This IDing of Pandinus with thinking it's this or that has gotten kind of crazy lately so I wouldn't be 100% sure it's cavimanus yet.
 
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dairy

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It appears as though the 3rd and 4th tergites have "drifted" apart. This is similar to something I noted right before my P.Imp kicked the bucket a little while ago. I'd keep an eye on him and if you get a female, get him to mate ASAP. My little guy (Curly) lasted about a week once the plates started to separate, and when I posted pictures others mentioned seeing the same thing right before their scorps went to the great Kritter Keeper in the sky. I know you said it may molt soon but all pre-molt bulge I've seen has been evenly distributed across all the tergites, not within just two. Not too sure here but: Pandinus sp. with a dark telson -> mature? I hope I'm wrong :(
 
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Vidaro

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looks like P. pallidus from the chella but get better pics

Oh and watch out for wot dairy said about the tergites same thing happend to my emp.
also lasted about 1 week
 
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dairy said:
It appears as though the 3rd and 4th tergites have "drifted" apart. This is similar to something I noted right before my P.Imp kicked the bucket a little while ago. I'd keep an eye on him and if you get a female, get him to mate ASAP. My little guy (Curly) lasted about a week once the plates started to separate, and when I posted pictures others mentioned seeing the same thing right before their scorps went to the great Kritter Keeper in the sky. I know you said it may molt soon but all pre-molt bulge I've seen has been evenly distributed across all the tergites, not within just two. Not too sure here but: Pandinus sp. with a dark telson -> mature? I hope I'm wrong :(
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Wow. I must've missed that post. I echo dairy. One of my Emps died about 2 - 3 weeks after the tergites by the tail showed separation (so, 2nd & 3rd instead of 3rd & 4th just to keep me honest...doesn't seem like much of a difference). I too thought it was a pre-molt condition because she was a 5 incher and the other Emp I have is a monster 6+incher, but sho nuff...dead within the month. I hope we are wrong in your case.
 
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Aztek

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It's a Cavimanus.

And yes one of the tergites looks deformed.
 
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