Family: Hemiscorpiidae.

Genus and species: Opisthacanthus asper. (Peters,1861)

Common name: Yellow Leg Scorpion. Yellow Leg Creeping Scorpion.

Origin: South Africa, Mozambique, Botswana, Swaziland and Zimbabwe.

Size: 3 in.

Terrarium: A terrarium of 2 tropical type gallons makes the deal, it will be equipped with 3 in. Of mixture of peat moss, several superimposed barks and verticals they can squeeze in will provide him a roof, it’s climbing, it likes Acasia nigrescens particularly.

Temperature: It needs a temperature of 90° F the day and 70° to 77° F the night.

Moisture: 75 to 85 %, sprinkled water 2 times per week, put a water bowl.

Food: It this nourishes crickets, cockroaches, meal worms. The small ones will be nourished micro crickets. Average growth.

Reproduction: Gestation of 11 to 14 month, range from 10 to 40 pullus.

Sociability: The adults are generally flexible, they can found several under the same bark in nature, no information on the small ones on this side, sorry !.

Toxicity of venom: Very seldom prick, is located has 2 on a scale of 5.