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title: "Baja California Bark Scorpion"
description: "Centruroides exilicauda — Insetos e aranhas. Centruroides exilicauda, the Baja California bark scorpion, is a species of bark scorpion found in Baja California."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/baja-california-bark-scorpion
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Baja California Bark Scorpion

> Centruroides exilicauda — Insetos e aranhas. Centruroides exilicauda, the Baja California bark scorpion, is a species of bark scorpion found in Baja California.

- Scientific name: *Centruroides exilicauda*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: `desert` (Deserto)
- iNaturalist observations: 746
- Wikidata: [Q2946227](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2946227)
- iNaturalist taxon: [262094](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/262094)

## Names

- en: Baja California Bark Scorpion
- es: Alacrán de la corteza bajeño

## Countries with the most observations

MX (529)

## Summary

Centruroides exilicauda, the Baja California bark scorpion, is a species of bark scorpion found in Baja California.  It is closely related to the Arizona bark scorpion (Centruroides sculpturatus), but is not considered dangerous. Previously only distinguished by geographic range, the two variants were classified in 1980 as the same species.   Subsequently, differences in venom toxicity were recorded, and in 2004, DNA analysis 

showed them to be separate species. The Baja California bark scorpion is a slender, long-tailed scorpion, and although it is typically sand-colored it appears in darker colors.

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

## Photo

![Baja California Bark Scorpion](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/baja-california-bark-scorpion/medium.jpg)

Photo: Philipp Hoenle · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/147109917

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/baja-california-bark-scorpion?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).