Flat rock scorpion
The flat rock scorpion is a scorpion that lives on rocky hillsides in southern Africa. It is venomous, but its sting is very mild, and it is sold as an exotic pet. It is special because its flattened body lets it slip into tiny cracks in the rocks.1

Co renconuscher el
- Flattened body, which helps it move in narrow rock cracks1
- Black carapace (shield on the front of the body), pedipalps and tail1
- Pale to yellow legs and pincers (chelae)1
- Small tail and stinger compared with other scorpions of similar size1
- Very reclusive, so it is usually unseen unless its hiding place is disturbed1
Savens confundì cun: It may be confused with Hadogenes bicolor.1
Forza dal tissi
Il tissi vegn or tras in aguigl.
Tge fa ses tissi?
Its venom is very mild. Laboratory LD50 figures between 1800 and 2667 mg/kg are high, which points to low toxicity. The sting causes pain that lasts only several minutes.1
Quant privlus è el per umans?
Privel per umans: LevSco ina piztgada d'avieul u main. Practicamain nunprivlus per umans.Its sting is mild, and the pain lasts only several minutes.1
Tge fa el, cura ch'el ha tema?
It will usually try to flee before fighting, and it stings only as a last defence.1
Sch'el piztga
- Sfradenta la piztgada cun in pachet da glatsch e fa che la persuna resta immobila. Tschertga spert agid medicinal, surtut per uffants: tscherts scorpiuns èn mortals per uffants.
Clama adina l'emprim tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911). Quai è in cussegl general d'emprim agid, betg in cussegl medicinal. Basa da l'emprim agid
Resta en segirezza
- Na tutga, na piglia e na tizza mai in animal selvadi, gnanc in pitschen, ed era sch'el para da durmir u d'esser mort.
- Dà spazi a l'animal. Sche ti scuntras in, resta calm, va plaun enavos e lascha ir el per sia via.
- Sch'in tal animal ta piztga: resta calm, na ta mova betg, clama tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911) u va spert en in ospital. Ta regorda co ch'el veseva or, ina foto gida.
El n'ha betg quai sin tai. El dovra ses tissi per pigliar nutriment u per sa defender, e sa zuppa bler pli gugent. Dapli davart la segirezza
Quant grond è el?
Quant lung è el?
uschè lung sco 6 bluccs da construcziun in suenter l'auter
pudess currer 100 meters en 100 secundas (l'uman il pli svelt dovra 9,6)Quant grond è Flat rock scorpion cumpareglià cun TAI?
Mo matematica en tes navigatur. Nagut na vegn memorisà u tramess.
Quant svelt è el?
Fatgs
It is highly territorial. When kept close together in captivity, individuals will fight to the death, and it shows cannibalism.1
Venom analysis has found 121 novel venom peptides, which may be medically valuable for ion channel-associated diseases and infections caused by antibiotic-resistant pathogens.1
It was once regarded as the scorpion with the longest recorded body length, reaching up to 20 cm. Heterometrus swammerdami now holds the record at 23 cm.1
It can dig quickly, clearing soil and gravel from under a stone ledge to make a new den. It uses its tail to sweep the dirt away.1
Its flattened body lets it move into the small cracks and crevices of rocky outcrops.1
Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs
- Hadogenes troglodytes (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Hadogenes troglodytes (iNaturalist): nums e classificaziun.
- Venom Wiki: il stgalim da privel, la grondezza tipica e la stima da la sveltezza èn noss agens. Guarda co che nus als calculain: Co che nus valitain il privel.
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