The robust burrowing scorpion (Opistophthalmus carinatus) is a widespread species of scorpion in the drier regions of southern Africa. It is a burrowing scorpion, which often places its burrow beside a large rock.[1] Compared to others of its genus, it has a particularly sturdy body with large pinchers.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Scorpiones |
| Family: | Scorpionidae |
| Genus: | Opistophthalmus |
| Species: | O. carinatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Opistophthalmus carinatus (Peters, 1861)
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References
edit- ^ a b Jonathan Leeming (2003). "Southern African species". Scorpions of Southern Africa. Struik. p. 51. ISBN 978-1-86872-804-6.
External links
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Media related to Opistophthalmus carinatus at Wikimedia Commons- The page of the Scorpionidae family at the Scorpion files
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