- Heterometrus swammerdami
Taxobox | name = "Heterometrus swammerdami"
regnum =Animal ia
phylum=Arthropod a
classis =Arachnid a
ordo =Scorpion es
familia =Scorpionidae
genus = "Heterometrus "
species = "H. swammerdami"
binomial = "Heterometrus swammerdami"
binomial_authority = Simon, 1872"Heterometrus swammerdami" is one of the largest
scorpion species in the world. It reaches a length of 26-28 cm and weighs 56 g.Its venom is not usually lethal to human because it has evolved to kill its prey by crushing it with its pincers and not by venom.External links
*http://www.ub.ntnu.no/scorpion-files/scorpionidae.php
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