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ScorpionMAP:   145
Province:   Northern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2820CB
Observer:   Grundlingh Felicity
Date of record:   2008-05-05
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:54
Sp. code:   303430
Species name:   Uroplectes schlechteri
Common name:  
Family:   BUTHIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ScorpionMAP-145
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 145 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Ian ENGELBRECHT
Comment:   Juvenile, I cant be sure of the species. Either tumidimanus, carinatus or gracilor. Possibly even schlechteri
Date:   2013-06-24 14:25:46
Species name:   Uroplectes sp. -- Scorpions
Species code:   303220
Comment number:   2
By:   Lorenzo Prendini
Comment:   definitely not carinatus or gracilior; unlikely to be tumidimanus which occurs in central-southern Namibia; most likely candidate is schlechteri
Date:   2017-08-21 22:06:25
Species name:   Uroplectes schlechteri -- Scorpions
Species code:   303430

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