Gigantometrus swammerdami information

Gigantometrus swammerdami
	A giant forest scorpion from the Western Ghats in Karnataka, India
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Scorpiones
Family:	Scorpionidae
Genus:	Gigantometrus
Species:	G. swammerdami
Binomial name
	Gigantometrus swammerdami; (Simon, 1872)

Gigantometrus swammerdami, commonly called the giant forest scorpion, is a scorpion belonging to the family Scorpionidae. It is native to India^[1] and is the world's largest scorpion species at 23 cm (9 inch) in length,^[2] and weighs 56 g (2.0 oz).

^ Lorenzo, Prendini; Loria, Stephanie (2020). "Systematic revision of the Asian forest scorpions (Heterometrinae Simon, 1879), revised suprageneric classification of Scorpionidae Latreille, 1802, and revalidation of Rugodentidae Bastawade et al., 2005". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 442 (1): 1–480. doi:10.1206/0003-0090.442.1.1. ISSN 0003-0090. OCLC 1200233533. S2CID 222348199.
^ Manny Rubio (2000). "Commonly Available Scorpions". Scorpions: Everything About Purchase, Care, Feeding, and Housing. Barron's. pp. 26–27. ISBN 978-0-7641-1224-9. The Guinness Book of Records claims [...] Heterometrus swammerdami, to be the largest scorpion in the world [9 inches (23 cm)].

[1] Lorenzo, Prendini; Loria, Stephanie (2020). "Systematic revision of the Asian forest scorpions (Heterometrinae Simon, 1879), revised suprageneric classification of Scorpionidae Latreille, 1802, and revalidation of Rugodentidae Bastawade et al., 2005". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 442 (1): 1–480. doi:10.1206/0003-0090.442.1.1. ISSN 0003-0090. OCLC 1200233533. S2CID 222348199.

[2] Manny Rubio (2000). "Commonly Available Scorpions". Scorpions: Everything About Purchase, Care, Feeding, and Housing. Barron's. pp. 26–27. ISBN 978-0-7641-1224-9. The Guinness Book of Records claims [...] Heterometrus swammerdami, to be the largest scorpion in the world [9 inches (23 cm)].