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ScorpionMAP:   3091
Province:   Gauteng
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2528CD
Observer:   Cronje Pieter; Jeannie du Plessis
Date of record:   2018-02-25
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2024-07-18 16:04:52
Sp. code:   304810
Species name:   Opistophthalmus pugnax
Common name:  
Family:   SCORPIONIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ScorpionMAP-3091
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 3091 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Paul Bester
Comment:  
Date:   2018-03-07 16:49:07
Species name:   Opistophthalmus pugnax -- Scorpions
Species code:   304810
Comment number:   2
By:   Lorenzo Prendini
Comment:   Handling scorpions like this is dangerous for you and dangerous for the scorpion. This is not a good idea.
Date:   2020-03-14 03:11:57
Species name:   Opistophthalmus pugnax -- Scorpions
Species code:   304810

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