- The striped bark scorpion and the closely related Baja California bark scorpion are also called bark scorpions.
| Arizona bark scorpion | |
|---|---|
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| In Phoenix, Arizona | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Scorpiones |
| Family: | Buthidae |
| Genus: | Centruroides |
| Species: | C. sculpturatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Centruroides sculpturatus (Wood, 1863)
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The Arizona bark scorpion (Centruroides sculpturatus, once included in Centruroides exilicauda) is a small light brown scorpion common to the Sonoran Desert in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. An adult male can reach 8 cm in length (3.14 inches), while a female is slightly smaller, with a maximum length of 7 cm (2.75 inches).[1]
- ^ "Species Centruroides sculpturatus - Arizona bark scorpion". Retrieved June 18, 2008.