Heterometrus, whose members are also known by the collective vernacular name Asian Forest Scorpion, is a genus of scorpions belonging to the family Scorpionidae. It is distributed widely across tropical and subtropical southeastern Asia, including Indonesia, Brunei, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, India (Nicobar Islands, Andaman Islands), and China (Hainan).[2][3] It is notable for containing some of the largest living species of scorpions.
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Commons has media related to Heterometrus laoticus. "Scorpionidae: Heterometrus laoticus". Retrieved December 5, 2011. "Heterometrus laoticus". 2007. Archived...
Heterometrus longimanus, the Asian forest scorpion, is a species of scorpions belonging to the family Scorpionidae. Heterometrus longimanus can reach a...
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)]...
are fairly similar to the emperor scorpion in size, and one scorpion, Heterometrus swammerdami, holds the record for being the world's largest scorpion...
Scorpion - Heterometrus spp". carnivoraforum.com. Retrieved 13 March 2015. Kovařík, František (2015-12-10). "A review of the genus Heterometrus Ehrenberg...
33 in) Typhlochactas mitchelli of Typhlochactidae, to the 23 cm (9.1 in) Heterometrus swammerdami of Scorpionidae. The body of a scorpion is divided into two...
2015-03-13. Kovařík, František (2015-12-10). "A review of the genus Heterometrus Ehrenberg, 1828, with descriptions of seven new species (Scorpiones,...
František (2019). "Scorpions of Sri Lanka (Arachnida: Scorpiones). Part III. Heterometrus yaleensis sp. n. (Scorpionidae)". Euscorpius. 2019 (283): 1–13. doi:10...
recorded body length of any scorpion, reaching up to 20 cm; however Heterometrus swammerdami currently holds the record for being the world's largest...
largest of all scorpion genera, only surpassed by Hadogenes, Pandinus, Heterometrus and Hoffmannihadrurus. There are currently 7 species of this genus which...
A. (1975). "Investigations on the venom of the South Indian scorpion Heterometrus scaber". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects. 381...
peptide neurotoxin isolated from the venom of the Malaysian black scorpion Heterometrus spinifer. It is part of the α-KTx6 subfamily and exerts its effects by...
Scorpions (Scorpiones) The largest of the scorpions is the species Heterometrus swammerdami of the Indian subcontinent, which have a maximum length of...
Oecophylla smaragdina (weaver ant) Lethocerus indicus (giant water bug) Heterometrus longimanus (Asian forest scorpion) is also consumed. Below is a more...
scorpion Heterometrus spinifer. HsTx1 is a very potent inhibitor of the rat Kv1.3 voltage-gated potassium channel. HsTx1 stands for Heterometrus spinifer...
Heteroscopine (HS-1) is the main component of the venom of Heterometrus laoticus. It belongs to the Scorpine toxin family. It is a polypeptide consisting...
1 and 2 are toxins from the venom of the Asian forest black scorpion Heterometrus fulvipes with a unique structure. It blocks the potassium channels Kv1...
other and Pandinus is especially close to the Southeast Asian genus Heterometrus. They differ mainly in details of the stridulatory organ and sensory...
laoticus, sometimes called Rushfoil, trees or shrubs of the Croton (plant) Heterometrus laoticus, an Asian forest scorpion This disambiguation page lists articles...
with high affinity towards voltage-gated K+ channels, isolated from Heterometrus spinnifer (Scorpionidae) venom". Biochemical Journal. 328 (Pt 1): 321–327...
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