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title: "Granulated Thick-tailed Scorpion"
description: "Parabuthus granulatus — Insetos e aranhas. Parabuthus granulatus, commonly known as the granulated thick-tailed scorpion, a large species of scorpion from the drier parts of southern Africa."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/granulated-thick-tailed-scorpion
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Granulated Thick-tailed Scorpion

> Parabuthus granulatus — Insetos e aranhas. Parabuthus granulatus, commonly known as the granulated thick-tailed scorpion, a large species of scorpion from the drier parts of southern Africa.

- Scientific name: *Parabuthus granulatus*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Savana), `desert` (Deserto)
- iNaturalist observations: 632
- Wikidata: [Q3363112](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3363112)
- iNaturalist taxon: [510214](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/510214)

## Names

- en: Granulated Thick-tailed Scorpion

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (284), NA (276), BW (49), AO (7)

## Summary

Parabuthus granulatus, commonly known as the granulated thick-tailed scorpion, a large species of scorpion from the drier parts of southern Africa. It measures some 11.5 cm, and is dark yellow to brown in colour. It has a relatively small vesicle, but is one of the more venomous scorpion species of the region. Of all scorpion species, it causes most of the serious cases of envenomation in South Africa, and a few people die each year from their sting.

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

## Photo

![Granulated Thick-tailed Scorpion](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/granulated-thick-tailed-scorpion/medium.jpg)

Photo: Nogga_Eugene · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/275575570

## Machine access

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