Galapagos Species Database
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Centruroides exsul
Escorpión, Scorpion
This species seems to be confined to the low dry arid zone, except for Pinta where it is found in evergreen forests (Brito & Borges, 2015).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Arachnida
Order
Scorpiones
Superfamily
Buthoidea
Family
Buthidae
Genus
Centruroides
Species
exsul
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Islands of Española, Fernandina, Floreana, Marchena, Pinta, Rábida, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, South Plaza and Santiago.
- Baert, L.L. Maelfait, J.-P. & Desender, K. (1995) Distribution of the arachnid species of the Orders Scorpiones, Solifugae, Amblypygi, Schizomida, Opiliones and Pseudoscorpiones in Galápagos. Bull. Inst. R. Sci. Nat. Belg. Entomol. 65: 5-19.
- Gabriel Brito Adolfo Borges (2015) A Checklist of the scorpions of Ecuador (Arachnida : Scorpiones), with notes on the distribution and medical significance of some species Brito and Borges Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases (2015) 21:23 DOI 10.1186/s40409-015-0023-x
- Baert, L. Mahnert, V. (2015) The distribution of the non‐araneae and non‐acari arachnids of Galápagos Belgian Journal of Entomology 28: 1‐76
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"Galapagos Species Database, Centruroides exsul", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5670. Accessed 17 May 2025.