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Brazilian yellow / stigmurus scorpion

Tityus stigmurus

Narrower than the page we cite. The source we cite, read on 10 Aug 2026, gives a wider range than the one above. The narrowing is ours and nobody here has written down why. en.wikipedia.org

Photograph: Jean Martins · CC BY

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. Brazilian yellow / stigmurus scorpion is nocturnal, so what it is doing changes with the light.

Semi-arboreal · warm · middlingFrom the sheet: 25–30°C, humidity 55–70%

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Temperature25–30 °C
Humidity55–70 %
Enclosure20×20×25
Diet7 days

The numbers

Temperature

152025303540 °C
25–30°Ambient

One ambient band, 25–30°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 states25-30°C

Humidity

55–70%Target RH

The sheet states55-70% (tropical) with water dish

Identity

Adult size

1.75 m5–7 cm
1520100400 cm
5–7 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
Advanced (experts only)
Commonality
Most-seen Tityus in the hobby; parthenogenetic
Adult size
5-7 cm; yellow with dark markings
Lifespan
2-4 years
Growth rate
Fast
Activity & niche
Nocturnal, semi-arboreal bark dweller
Temperament
Defensive, fast
Venom / defense
Dangerous venom (medically significant) – experts only

Enclosure and conditions

Enclosure

20 cm25 cm
warm hideclimbing branchwatersubstrate
50100150200 cm
20 × 20 × 25 cmWidth × depth × height
4dm² 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 states20x20x25 cm (vertical) for one adult

Temperature
25-30°C
Humidity
55-70% (tropical) with water dish
Min. enclosure
20x20x25 cm (vertical) for one adult
Substrate
5-8 cm moist coco with cork bark
Hides / decor / water
Vertical cork bark, leaf litter, 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, small roaches · 1-2 items weekly

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

Behaviour and handling

HandlingNever
CommunalOften kept communally (parthenogenetic colonies) by experts
Defense / stress signsTail up, fast strikes, hanging from bark

Reproduction

Life course

Day 0Hatch
2–4 yrLifespan in care
2 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 AND parthenogenetic: lone females produce young that ride the back

Common health problems

Common health issues
SignsMismolt if too dry; dehydration
Red flags / quarantine
SignsTools only; QT wild-caught; note colony can grow fast

Good to know

  • Females clone themselves: a single female can found a whole colony
  • Females clone themselves — a single female can found a whole colony

What it needs

Enclosure at least 20 × 20 × 25 cmbecause enclosure20x20x25 cm (vertical) for one adult
A thermometerbecause temp25-30°C
A hygrometerbecause humidity55-70% (tropical) with water dish

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.