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title: "Little Marbled Scorpion"
description: "Lychas marmoreus — Insetos e aranhas. Lychas marmoreus, also known as the marbled scorpion, little marbled scorpion or bark scorpion, is a species of small scorpion in the Buthidae family."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/little-marbled-scorpion
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Little Marbled Scorpion

> Lychas marmoreus — Insetos e aranhas. Lychas marmoreus, also known as the marbled scorpion, little marbled scorpion or bark scorpion, is a species of small scorpion in the Buthidae family.

- Scientific name: *Lychas marmoreus*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1086
- Wikidata: [Q2228639](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2228639)
- iNaturalist taxon: [515951](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/515951)

## Names

- en: Little Marbled Scorpion
- nl: Kleine marmerschorpioen

## Countries with the most observations

AU (551)

## Summary

Lychas marmoreus, also known as the marbled scorpion, little marbled scorpion or bark scorpion, is a species of small scorpion in the Buthidae family. It is native to Australia, and was first described in 1845 by German arachnologist Carl Ludwig Koch.

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

## Photo

![Little Marbled Scorpion](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/little-marbled-scorpion/medium.jpg)

Photo: Joshua S. Martin · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/261438765

## Machine access

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