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Scorpionidae

Tricolor / shiny burrowing scorpion (Opistophthalmus)

Opistophthalmus glabrifrons

The page we cite does not state this figure. We opened it on 10 Aug 2026 and it gives no temperature for this species at all. The values above may still be right, but we cannot show you where they came from, and nobody here has checked them against a second source. Anything about a sick animal goes to a qualified exotic vet, not to a page. en.wikipedia.org

Photograph: rosshawkins · CC0

Photographed by an observer on iNaturalist and published under a Creative Commons licence; the photographer and the licence are named under the image. It is not an animal of ours, and no animal was handled by us to produce it.

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Drag the sun. Tricolor / shiny burrowing scorpion (Opistophthalmus) is nocturnal, so what it is doing changes with the light.

Burrowing · warm · middlingFrom the sheet: 26–32°C, humidity 40–55%

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Temperature26–32 °C
Humidity40–55 %
Enclosure30×25×25
Diet7 days

The numbers

Temperature

152025303540 °C
26–32°Ambient

One ambient band, 26–32°C. This sheet states no warm side, no cool side and no night figure, so none are shown. Same scale on every sheet here, so two species compare by eye.

The sheet states26-32°C

Humidity

40–55%Target RH

The sheet states40-55% (damp burrow base, dry surface)

Identity

Adult size

1.75 m9–12 cm
1520100400 cm
9–12 cmNose to tail, adult

The size the sheet states for a grown animal.

Why

Two drawings, because they answer two questions. The silhouette is at true scale against a 1.75 m person: it says how big this animal actually is, which no number does for someone who has never seen one. The bar under it is logarithmic and shared by every sheet here, so a 2 cm isopod and a 4 m python both stay readable on the same axis and two species can be compared at a glance.

Order / Family
Scorpiones
IUCN / CITES
IUCN not assessed; CITES not yet in our data
Difficulty
Intermediate
Commonality
Occasional import
Adult size
9-12 cm; glossy yellow-brown, dark back
Lifespan
8-12 years
Growth rate
Slow-medium
Activity & niche
Nocturnal semi-arid deep-burrower
Temperament
Defensive; readier to sting than emperor
Venom / defense
LOW-MODERATE venom (painful but not dangerous); handling discouraged

Enclosure and conditions

Enclosure

substratewarm hidewater40–55 % RH30 cm25 cm
warm hidewatersubstrate
50100150200 cm
30 × 25 × 25 cmWidth × depth × height
8dm² of floor
Warm side: not in our dataUVB: not in our data

Drawn from the stated numbers. Only what the sheet states is drawn inside.

Why

The rectangle carries the exact width-to-height ratio of the figures above it, and the ruler under it places that width on the 0–250 cm scale every sheet here shares, so two species still compare at a glance. Nothing is added that the sheet does not name: a lamp drawn on a sheet that never mentions one would be invented equipment. What the sheet leaves out is listed rather than left blank, because an empty tank reads as « none needed ».

The sheet states30x25x25 cm for one adult (deep substrate)

Temperature
26-32°C
Humidity
40-55% (damp burrow base, dry surface)
Min. enclosure
30x25x25 cm for one adult (deep substrate)
Substrate
12-18 cm soil/sand/clay, deep for burrowing
Hides / decor / water
Starter burrow/cork, water dish

What your climate adds

This sheet states a range to hold. Your local climate decides how much work holding it is. Pick the nearest city: nothing is sent anywhere, the choice stays in this browser.

Diet

Feeding rhythm

every 7 dAs the sheet states
4Meals in 28 days

Twenty-eight days, one row. Each band is a meal window.

Why

The windows widen as they go because the interval is a range: four meals after a 10–14 day cycle land anywhere between day 40 and day 56.

The sheet statesCrickets, roaches · 1-2 items weekly

Staple food
Crickets, roaches
Feeding frequency
1-2 items weekly
Supplements
Not required

Behaviour and handling

HandlingDiscouraged: quick to sting; painful but not dangerous
CommunalNo: solitary/territorial
Defense / stress signsPincers open, tail up, stridulation, deep burrowing

Reproduction

Life course

Day 0Hatch
8–12 yrLifespan in care
8 yrMinimum commitment
Sexual maturityNot in our data

Read from the lifespan and maturity the sheet states, for animals in care and not in the wild.

Why

The minimum commitment is the low end of that lifespan, and the reproductive window is what is left after maturity: both are subtractions on stated figures, not figures of their own.

Reproduction
Viviparous; young ride mother's back to first molt

Common health problems

Common health issues
SignsMismolt if too wet; dehydration
Red flags / quarantine
SignsQT wild-caught; provide deep burrow or they stress

Good to know

  • Digs elaborate spiral burrows; 'Opistophthalmus' refers to eyes set far forward

What it needs

Enclosure at least 30 × 25 × 25 cmbecause enclosure30x25x25 cm for one adult (deep substrate)
A thermometerbecause temp26-32°C
A hygrometerbecause humidity40-55% (damp burrow base, dry surface)

Every line above is deduced from a value this sheet states, and names which one. Nothing here is a general recommendation.

Sources

Others in this group

What this sheet states

100%
TemperatureHumidityEnclosure sizeActivityOriginDietSourcesUVB

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UVB is measured but does not count: it is absent from 421 of 678 sheets, and on most of them that is not a gap, since a nocturnal snake's sheet has no reason to state a UV index. Counting it would call the library incomplete without cause.