Just another question.. =)

[Bryan91901]

I purchased 3 "asian forest scorpions" from reptilecity.com a few weeks back. Today I had to fix up their cage a bit because I wanted to put an aluminum screening on the top of the flase bottom. Anyway, my question is do "asian forest scorpions" (H.Spinifers???) make hissing sounds? I noticed when I was moving them into tupperwares to fix the cage that they were indefinently hissing away! Basically I was wondering if maybe what I got is something like this...

http://faunology.co.uk/shop/product.php?productid=18575&cat=263&page=1

...it looks just like that btw. Or are those a.k.a. "Asian Forest Scorpion?" Im kinda new to this whole hobby so some insight from a more knowledgeable person would be great! Thanks! :?

 

[Ryan C.]

Asian forest scorpion is a common name for heterometrus spp. So you can have one that hisses, it may not be H. spinifer it can be any heterometrus spp.

 

[Alakdan]

I have 2 spinifers, longimanus, and possible laoticus. Yes, my spinifers do make a faint hissing sound when agitated.

 

[Bryan91901]

Nice! I was also wondering out of those three types of Heterometrus..which one gets the largest? Also, are they all similar in size.... :?

 

[Ryan C.]

Im pretty sure they are all similar in size except for Heterometrus swammerdami which gets absolutely huge, like 10 inches or something like that.

 

[Scorpfanatic]

spinifer does makes a hint of hissing sound when pissed,,, usually they are ok. i only heard my female hiss when shes with her babies, other times, shes ok , so is the male .

 

[G. Carnell]

WC scorps tend to hiss alot..

in terms of size
from the hobby here is a list of sizes in descending order
H.swammerdami
H.spinifer
H.longimanus
H.laoticus/H.petersii
H.xanthopus/fulvipes

 

[Scorpfanatic]

wow i didnt know spinifer was the second boiggest? i though it was the same as laoyics!hehehe hmm....

 

[G. Carnell]

yeh, though i havnt seen any live ones, ive got a dead WC Cambodian H.spinifer which dates back to the collonial times, and its 14cm long


~4cm longer than most adult H.spinifers ive seen (ive seen 30+)