Uroplectes lineatus

{{Short description|Species of scorpion}}

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| taxon = Uroplectes lineatus

| authority = (Koch, 1844){{cite web|url=https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxonposition/id479079/|title=species Uroplectes lineatus (C. L. Koch, 1844)|publisher=BioLib.cz|access-date=3 January 2010}}

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Uroplectes lineatus is a species of scorpion, endemic to the Western Cape of South Africa.{{cite web|url=http://www.biodiversityexplorer.org/arachnids/scorpions/buthidae/uroplectes.htm|title=Uroplectes (lesser thick-tailed scorpions)|publisher=Iziko South African Museum|access-date=3 January 2010}} U. lineatus is noted for is a clinically important venom.{{cite book |author=Rapini, Ronald P. |author2=Bolognia, Jean L. |author3=Jorizzo, Joseph L. |title=Dermatology: 2-Volume Set |publisher=Mosby |location=St. Louis |year=2007 |pages=1315 |isbn=978-1-4160-2999-1 }}