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title: "Small Thicktail Scorpion"
description: "Parabuthus brevimanus — Insekten & Spinnen. Parabuthus brevimanus is a species of scorpion from southern Africa, that ranges from southern Angola to Namibia and western South Africa, where its range extends south of the Orange River."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/small-thicktail-scorpion
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Small Thicktail Scorpion

> Parabuthus brevimanus — Insekten & Spinnen. Parabuthus brevimanus is a species of scorpion from southern Africa, that ranges from southern Angola to Namibia and western South Africa, where its range extends south of the Orange River.

- Scientific name: *Parabuthus brevimanus*
- Category: `insects` (Insekten & Spinnen)
- Habitats: `desert` (Wüste)
- iNaturalist observations: 469
- Wikidata: [Q3363100](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3363100)
- iNaturalist taxon: [321564](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/321564)

## Names

- en: Small Thicktail Scorpion

## Countries with the most observations

NA (402), ZA (53)

## Summary

Parabuthus brevimanus is a species of scorpion from southern Africa, that ranges from southern Angola to Namibia and western South Africa, where its range extends south of the Orange River.

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

## Photo

![Small Thicktail Scorpion](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/small-thicktail-scorpion/medium.jpg)

Photo: Nogga_Eugene · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/212387504

## Machine access

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