Heterometrus which members are also known by the collective vernacular name giant forest scorpions is a genus of scorpion belonging to the family Scorpionidae. It is distributed widely across tropical and subtropical southeastern Asia including Cambodia Laos Thailand Vietnam as well as India Sri Lanka Nepal and China (Tibet). It is notable for containing some of the largest living species of scorpions.
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