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title: "Indian Red Scorpion"
description: "Hottentotta tamulus — Insecten en spinnen. Hottentotta tamulus, the Indian red scorpion, also known as the eastern Indian scorpion, is a species of scorpion of the family Buthidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/indian-red-scorpion
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Indian Red Scorpion

> Hottentotta tamulus — Insecten en spinnen. Hottentotta tamulus, the Indian red scorpion, also known as the eastern Indian scorpion, is a species of scorpion of the family Buthidae.

- Scientific name: *Hottentotta tamulus*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 667
- Wikidata: [Q3141216](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3141216)
- iNaturalist taxon: [508191](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/508191)

## Names

- en: Indian Red Scorpion

## Countries with the most observations

IN (433)

## Summary

Hottentotta tamulus, the Indian red scorpion, also known as the eastern Indian scorpion, is a species of scorpion of the family Buthidae. It occurs in most of India, eastern Pakistan and the eastern lowlands of Nepal, and recently from Sri Lanka.

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

## Photo

![Indian Red Scorpion](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/indian-red-scorpion/medium.jpg)

Photo: SUBHASHGHULE · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/225691116

## Machine access

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