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Prefectural Natural Monument
Other invertebrates
Whip scorpion (Typopeltis crucifer)
Typopeltis stimpsonii
The whip scorpion is an arachnid that looks like a scorpion, with large pedipalps and a thin, whip-like tail, but it has no venomous sting. To defend itself, it sprays a sour-smelling liquid from the tip of its abdomen. It lives in damp places such as under leaf litter and stones, and its habitat in Amakusa, Kumamoto, is designated a Natural Monument of Kumamoto Prefecture.
- Scientific name
- Typopeltis stimpsonii
- Group
- Other invertebrates
- Prefectures
- Kumamoto
- 日本語
- サソリモドキ
- 简体中文
- 鞭蝎
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The Whip scorpion (Typopeltis crucifer) is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Kumamoto.
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