Common Name - Giant Forest Scorpion Scientific Name - - TopicsExpress



          

Common Name - Giant Forest Scorpion Scientific Name - Heterometrus Sp. Tamhini, Near Pune. July 2014... Heterometrus, which members are also known by the collective vernacular name giant forest scorpions, is a genus of scorpion belonging to the family Scorpionidae. It is distributed widely across tropical and subtropical southeastern Asia, including Cambodia,Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, as well as India, Sri Lanka, Nepal and China (Tibet). It is notable for containing some of the largest living species of scorpions. Species of Heterometrus live in vegetated, often forested, humid regions with subtropical to tropicalclimate. As most scorpions they are predominantly nocturnal and hide in burrows, below logs and in leaf litter.
Posted on: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 05:55:17 +0000

Trending Topics



Recently Viewed Topics




© 2015