''Cercophonius'' is a

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of six species of

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

scorpion Scorpions are predatory arachnids of the order Scorpiones. They have eight legs, and are easily recognized by a pair of grasping pincers and a narrow, segmented tail, often carried in a characteristic forward curve over the back and always end ...

s, often termed wood scorpions, in the

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Bothriuridae The Bothriuridae are a Family (biology), family of scorpions, comprising 151 species in 16 genera. The family has representatives in temperate and subtropical habitats from four continents: South America, Africa, Asia, and Australia. One genus ( ...

Species

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Cercophonius granulosus ''Cercophonius granulosus'' is a species of small scorpion in the Bothriuridae family. It occurs in south-west Western Australia, and was first described in 1908 by German naturalist Karl Kraepelin Karl Matthias Friedrich Magnus Kraepelin (; ...

'' Kraepelin, 1908 *''

Cercophonius kershawi ''Cercophonius kershawi'', also known as the mallee wood scorpion, is a species of scorpion in the Bothriuridae family. It is native to south-eastern Australia, and was first described in 1930 by Australian paleontologist and Western Australian ...

'' Glauert, 1930 - mallee wood scorpion *''

Cercophonius michaelseni ''Cercophonius michaelseni'' is a species of scorpion in the Bothriuridae family. It occurs in Western Australia, and was first described in 1908 by German naturalist Karl Kraepelin. The specific epithet ''michaelseni'' honours German zoologist ...

'' Kraepelin, 1908 *''

Cercophonius queenslandae ''Cercophonius queenslandae'' is a species of scorpion in the Bothriuridae family. It is native to Australia, where it occurs in eastern Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Lo ...

'' Acosta, 1990 *''

Cercophonius squama ''Cercophonius squama'', commonly known as the forest scorpion or wood scorpion, is a scorpion native to south-eastern Australia. It is typically around long. Its colour consists of different shades of brown. Description The body is creamy yel ...

'' (Gervais, 1843) - wood scorpion, forest scorpion *''

Cercophonius sulcatus ''Cercophonius sulcatus'', also known as the western wood scorpion, is a species of scorpion in the Bothriuridae family. It occurs in Western Australia, and was first described in 1908 by German naturalist Karl Kraepelin Karl Matthias Friedri ...

'' Kraepelin, 1908 - western wood scorpion

References

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