Venomous
Profile: (Venomous) Death Stalker Scorpion (Leiurus quinquestriatus)
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The death stalker Scorpion is also known as Israeli desert Scorpion and Omdurman Scorpion, Arabian Deathstalker Scorpion, Egyptian Scorpion, Yellow Scorpion, Israeli Yellow Scorpion and Five-keeled Gold Scorpion. Some general confusion tend to arise with other scorpions of the same family thus the death stalker scorpions are normally referred by their scientific name; Leiturus Quinquestriatus, which simply translated means ‘five-striped smooth-tail’.
Profile (Venomous): South African Flat Rock Scorpion (Hadogenes troglodytes)
Origin
The South African Flat Rock Scorpion is also commonly refereed to as the Flat Rock Scorpion or South Africa Rock Scorpion. Its species are found in a wide range of places across southern Africa. The main countries where they are located are Mozambique, Botswana, Zimbabwe and South Africa.
Profile and Species
H. troglodytes comprises of a [...]
