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title: "Slender Brown Scorpion"
description: "Centruroides gracilis — Insetos e aranhas. Centruroides gracilis is a species of scorpion in the family Buthidae, the bark scorpions."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/slender-brown-scorpion
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Slender Brown Scorpion

> Centruroides gracilis — Insetos e aranhas. Centruroides gracilis is a species of scorpion in the family Buthidae, the bark scorpions.

- Scientific name: *Centruroides gracilis*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 3864
- Wikidata: [Q1946372](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1946372)
- iNaturalist taxon: [199925](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/199925)

## Names

- en: Slender Brown Scorpion
- es: Alacrán café esbelto
- fr: Scorpion d’écorce brun

## Countries with the most observations

MX (1579), BZ (298), US (295), GT (160), HN (97), CU (45), KY (30), PA (26), SV (23), NI (14), CR (5), JM (5)

## Summary

Centruroides gracilis is a species of scorpion in the family Buthidae, the bark scorpions. Its common names include Florida bark scorpion, brown bark scorpion, red bark scorpion, slender brown scorpion, and  slender red scorpion. In Cuba it is known as alacran prieto ("dusky scorpion") and alacran azul ("blue scorpion"). Contrary to one of its common names, it is not actually native to Florida in the United States. It is native to northern parts of the middle Americas, including Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and Honduras. It is present in other parts as an introduced species, including Cuba, Panama, Colombia,  Ecuador…

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

## Photo

![Slender Brown Scorpion](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/slender-brown-scorpion/medium.jpg)

Photo: Zygy · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/261054048

## Machine access

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