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title: "Striped Lesser-Thicktail Scorpion"
description: "Uroplectes lineatus — Insetti e ragni. Uroplectes lineatus is a species of scorpion, endemic to the Western Cape of South Africa."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/striped-lesser-thicktail-scorpion
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Striped Lesser-Thicktail Scorpion

> Uroplectes lineatus — Insetti e ragni. Uroplectes lineatus is a species of scorpion, endemic to the Western Cape of South Africa.

- Scientific name: *Uroplectes lineatus*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 853
- Wikidata: [Q749337](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q749337)
- iNaturalist taxon: [627335](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/627335)

## Names

- en: Striped Lesser-Thicktail Scorpion

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (816)

## Summary

Uroplectes lineatus is a species of scorpion, endemic to the Western Cape of South Africa. U. lineatus is noted for is a clinically important venom.

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

## Photo

![Striped Lesser-Thicktail Scorpion](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/striped-lesser-thicktail-scorpion/medium.jpg)

Photo: Philipp Hoenle · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/269639640

## Machine access

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