Hottentota scorpion, photographed in Tanzania, Africa carrying its young on its back, a feature of its maternal behavior.
Hottentota scorpion, photographed in Tanzania, Africa carrying its young on its back, a feature of its maternal behavior. Hottentotta are active nocturnal scorpions and seek shelter under stones or other cover. This genus, formerly known as Buthotus, occurs from northern South Africa up through eastern Africa and into the Middle East and India. They occur in sandy areas under stones, logs and make a 60 to 100 mm deep burrow under succulent shrubs. These scorpions range from 40 to 70 mm in length. They are yellowish to light brown in colour with 3 granular ridges that extend along the length of the dorsal surface of the mesosoma and may be indistinctly or distinctly marked in black. The 2 lateral ridges extend forward onto the carapace while the middle ridge does not. These 3 dorsal ridges as well as the fact that these scorpions do not stridulate, separate them from other buthid genera.
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