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title: "Stripe-tailed Scorpion"
description: "Paravaejovis spinigerus — Insects & spiders. Paravaejovis spinigerus, commonly known as the stripe-tailed scorpion or devil scorpion, is a species of scorpion in the family Vaejovidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/stripe-tailed-scorpion
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Stripe-tailed Scorpion

> Paravaejovis spinigerus — Insects & spiders. Paravaejovis spinigerus, commonly known as the stripe-tailed scorpion or devil scorpion, is a species of scorpion in the family Vaejovidae.

- Scientific name: *Paravaejovis spinigerus*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: `desert` (Desert)
- iNaturalist observations: 4724
- Wikidata: [Q3139096](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3139096)
- iNaturalist taxon: [424747](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/424747)

## Names

- en: Stripe-tailed Scorpion
- de: Hoffmannius spinigerus
- es: Alacrán amarillo cola-rayada
- it: Hoffmannius spinigerus
- nl: Hoffmannius spinigerus
- pt: Hoffmannius spinigerus
- pl: Hoffmannius spinigerus

## Countries with the most observations

US (3894), MX (215)

## Summary

Paravaejovis spinigerus, commonly known as the stripe-tailed scorpion or devil scorpion, is a species of scorpion in the family Vaejovidae. It is found in the south-western United States and north-western Mexico.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paravaejovis_spinigerus

## Photo

![Stripe-tailed Scorpion](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/stripe-tailed-scorpion/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dustin Cotten · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/345407885

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/stripe-tailed-scorpion?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).