Hey guys I bought a scorpion last year and they told me it was an emperor scorpion but when it arrived it looked more like a flat rock scorpion then a month ago I was in the boland mountains and found about 20 of them under a rock anyone know what they are?

oh and its about 4-5 cm and black

You will need to post a picture. Best to post one on Facebook on the "Scorpions of Southern Africa" page. The guys there can give you an accurate ID.

Post some pictures here, I may be able to identify it. Also, I know of others who have bought Emperors, only for them to turn out to be Flat Rock species.

here she is

Difficult to tell species exactly but I'm almost 100% sure that is a Hadogenes species, most likely paucidens. Now, this is not the first time this has happened. I have a friend who also bought scorpions that turned out to be locals. If you can get better pictures, that'd be great as I don't want to tell you to get rid of these and they are actually emperors.

I'm no expert on the Burrowing/Flat rock scorpions but I should be able to make a educated guess with better pictures, at least without a flash. Did you use a Cell Camera or Digital Camera?

Now, please tell me if it looks anything like the scorpion in this link:
www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=68865736...61088&type=1&theater

Specifically the area on the sides of the body and the head shape