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title: "Giant Blue Scorpion"
description: "Heterometrus spinifer — Insectos y arañas. Heterometrus spinifer, or its common name, Malaysian forest scorpion, is a species of scorpions belonging to the family Scorpionidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/giant-blue-scorpion
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Giant Blue Scorpion

> Heterometrus spinifer — Insectos y arañas. Heterometrus spinifer, or its common name, Malaysian forest scorpion,  is a species of  scorpions belonging to the family Scorpionidae.

- Scientific name: *Heterometrus spinifer*
- Category: `insects` (Insectos y arañas)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bosque), `jungle` (Selva)
- iNaturalist observations: 447
- Wikidata: [Q3024686](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3024686)
- iNaturalist taxon: [509005](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/509005)

## Names

- en: Giant Blue Scorpion

## Countries with the most observations

MY (227), TH (15), ID (3)

## Summary

Heterometrus spinifer, or its common name, Malaysian forest scorpion,  is a species of  scorpions belonging to the family Scorpionidae.

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

## Photo

![Giant Blue Scorpion](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/giant-blue-scorpion/medium.jpg)

Photo: Richard Fuller · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/32044361

## Machine access

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