AnimalsThe Indian red scorpion is small but has one of the most dangerous stings of any scorpion. It hides by day and hunts insects at night. Like all scorpions it glows under ultraviolet light. The mother carries her young on her back.
Quick facts
- Scientific name
- Hottentotta tamulus
- Group
- Invertebrates
- Diet
- Carnivore (eats other animals)
- Lives in
- India, Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka
- Habitat
- Dry country, fields and houses
- A young one is called
- scorpling
- A group is called
- bed or nest
- Conservation status
- No category in our data
How it is classified
Scientists sort living things into groups within groups. Reading down, each step is a smaller group, ending with the species itself.
- Kingdom Animalia
- Phylum Arthropoda
- Class Arachnida
- Order Scorpiones
- Family Buthidae
- Genus Hottentotta
- Species Hottentotta tamulus
Classification follows the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Other reference works arrange some groups differently. How classification works.
Is it in danger?
No Red List category for the Indian red scorpion was found in our data source. What the categories mean.