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title: "Marbled Scorpion"
description: "Lychas variatus — Insekten & Spinnen. Lychas variatus, also known as the marbled scorpion or splendid marbled scorpion, is a species of small scorpion in the Buthidae family."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/marbled-scorpion
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Marbled Scorpion

> Lychas variatus — Insekten & Spinnen. Lychas variatus, also known as the marbled scorpion or splendid marbled scorpion, is a species of small scorpion in the Buthidae family.

- Scientific name: *Lychas variatus*
- Category: `insects` (Insekten & Spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 500
- Wikidata: [Q3268399](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3268399)
- iNaturalist taxon: [370379](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/370379)

## Names

- en: Marbled Scorpion

## Countries with the most observations

AU (333)

## Summary

Lychas variatus, also known as the marbled scorpion or splendid marbled scorpion, is a species of small scorpion in the Buthidae family. It is native to Australia and New Guinea, and was first described in 1877 by Swedish arachnologist Tamerlan Thorell.

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

## Photo

![Marbled Scorpion](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/marbled-scorpion/medium.jpg)

Photo: lallen · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/105238285

## Machine access

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