Androctonus amoreuxi (Audouin, 1826) is a animal in the Buthidae family, order Scorpiones, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Androctonus amoreuxi (Audouin, 1826)

Androctonus amoreuxi (Audouin, 1826)

Androctonus amoreuxi, the African fattail scorpion, is a scorpion species found in Africa, common in Mali’s Dogon Country homes.

Family
Genus
Androctonus
Order
Scorpiones
Class
Arachnida

About Androctonus amoreuxi (Audouin, 1826)

Androctonus amoreuxi, commonly called the African fattail scorpion, is a scorpion species distributed across Africa. It is a commonly encountered house scorpion in Dogon Country, Mali.

Photo: (c) Boris Delahaie, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Boris Delahaie · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia › Arthropoda › Arachnida › Scorpiones › Buthidae › Androctonus

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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