Reddyanus melanodactylus is a species of scorpion in the Buthidae family. It is native to Australia, and was first described by German arachnologist Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1867.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Scorpiones |
| Family: | Buthidae |
| Genus: | Reddyanus |
| Species: | R. melanodactylus
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| Reddyanus melanodactylus | |
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Distribution edit
The species is found mainly in eastern Queensland, extending into northern New South Wales at the southern end of its range.[2]
References edit
- ^ Koch, L (1867). "Beschreibungen neuer Arachniden und Myriapoden. II". Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 17: 239.
- ^ Mark A. Newton (2016). "Isometrus melanodactylus". The Spiral Burrow – Australian Scorpions. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
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