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measured 3-5 cm in length.Has 8 legs resembles whip scorpions but no whip like tail is seen
seen mostly in dry habitat under stones and tree trunks
they mostly avoid water found plenty of them in surface after rain
Sharing Knowledge and information is must to sustain protection of such all organisms. Glad to know this link help you in future.
You're welcome Gopal! Keep up with your spottings.
Ashish, your 2nd link is a great reference, now I'll have more things to look for with these guys.
Thanks to you actually Gopal.. for sharing this Organism on Project Noah..!!
Following link tells Indian Tail-less Whip Scorpion are in Genus- Phrynichus
http://www.panarthropoda.de/sub/allgemei...
Nice exoskeleton, Gopal! Here a couple of mine:
Amblypigid exoskeleton: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/930...
Amblypigid mother: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/929...
Amblypygids are also known as whip spiders and tailless whip scorpions...The name "amblypygid" means "blunt rump", a reference to a lack of the telson ("tail") carried by related species. -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amblypygi
Spotted on Feb 12, 2011
Submitted on May 16, 2012
