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title: "Common Lesser-Thicktail Scorpion"
description: "Uroplectes carinatus — Owady i pająki. Uroplectes carinatus is a species of scorpion in the family Buthidae, found in Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/common-lesser-thicktail-scorpion
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Common Lesser-Thicktail Scorpion

> Uroplectes carinatus — Owady i pająki. Uroplectes carinatus is a species of scorpion in the family Buthidae, found in Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe.

- Scientific name: *Uroplectes carinatus*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Sawanna)
- iNaturalist observations: 944
- Wikidata: [Q3552399](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3552399)
- iNaturalist taxon: [527914](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/527914)

## Names

- en: Common Lesser-Thicktail Scorpion

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (883), BW (13), NA (10)

## Summary

Uroplectes carinatus is a species of scorpion in the family Buthidae, found in Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Philipp Hoenle · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/331566240

## Machine access

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