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Pandinus imperator (C.L. Koch, 1841)
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| Common name: | Emperor Scorpion |
| Scientific Name: | Pandinus imperator |
| Range: | Western Africa jungle regions (Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Nigeria, Togo) |
| Type: | Obligate Burrower |
| Communal: | Yes, with like sized individtuals |
| Full Grown Size: | upwards of 8" (20cm) |
| Growth Rate: | Fast |
| Temperature: | 75-90F (23-32C) |
| Humidity: | 70+% (80+% ideal) |
| Temperment: | Calm |
| Speed: | Medium |
| Venom: | 1 |
| Diet: | Young can eat Pinhead crickets, small roaches, meal worms. Adults can eat large crickets, roaches, super worms, or on occational pinky mice and small annoles. |
| Housing: | Adults large critter keeper, 5+ gallon tank. Young can live in small critter keepers. |
| Substrate Depth/Type: | 6-8" of soil/peat moss mix. I like to use plain coconut husk "peat." Pack it down to help support borrow structures |
| More info: | This is the most common captively kept scorpion. It is slow to anger and has a mean pinch which it is more likely to use than stinging. Its natural habitat is in Western Africa rainforests where it lives in burrows up to a couple feet in length. |