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Thick-tailed scorpions

Tityus achilles

Classification

Family
Buthidae

Tityus achilles, commonly known as Achilles’ scorpion, is a toxungenous species of buthid scorpion from Colombia. Description Tityus achilles is a medium-sized Tityus species, reaching roughly 65 mm at the adult stage. Specimens of all ages exhibit a uniformly dark-red coloration, with a darker metasoma.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog