The deathstalker, Leiurus quinquestriatus, is a scorpion in the family Buthidae, also called the Palestine yellow scorpion or Omdurman scorpion, and measures 30 to 77 millimeters, averaging about 58 millimeters. Its venom, a potent mixture of neurotoxins including chlorotoxin, charybdotoxin and scyllatoxin, causes intense pain and is rarely fatal to healthy adults but poses a real danger to young children, the elderly and people with allergies or weakened immune systems, with pulmonary edema the usual cause of death when a sting does prove fatal. The species ranges across desert and scrubland from North Africa through the Middle East, including the Sahara, the Arabian Desert and the Thar Desert, from Algeria and Mali eastward through Egypt and Ethiopia to Kazakhstan and western India.
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System (Realm) Relationship to PeopleVenomous or Dangerous to Humans 1 Scientific NameLeiurus quinquestriatus 3 Conservation Status Comparison
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Source Wikidata: Deathstalker Scorpion
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1. Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Leiurus quinquestriatus
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyPrimary Diet, Leiurus quinquestriatus
Primary Diet carnivore carnivore
Conservation Status: CITES
CITES No special status
Economic Importance for Humans: Negative
Because of their potent venom, deathstalkers are one of the most dangerous scorpions on Earth.
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3. Leiurus quinquestriatus (Wikipedia)
Leiurus quinquestriatus, IntroductionQuote, Leiurus quinquestriatus, Introduction
The deathstalker (Leiurus quinquestriatus) is a species of scorpion, a member of the family Buthidae.
4. GBIF (IUCN Red List category): GBIF IUCN Red List category for Leiurus quinquestriatus
GBIF (IUCN Red List category)GBIF taxon key 6893601, category fieldQuote, GBIF taxon key 6893601, category field
"category": "NOT_EVALUATED"
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Wikidata: Deathstalker Scorpion
- Wikidata Q773744, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- Child Taxon Of: Scorpiones, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
- In Biome: Desert, Introduction
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In Ecosystem: Sahara Desert, Article text
Its range covers a wide sweep of territory in the Sahara, Arabian Desert, Thar Desert, and Central Asia, from Algeria and Mali in the west through to Egypt, Ethiopia, Asia Minor and the Arabian Peninsula, eastwards to Kazakhstan and western India in the northeast and southeast.
In Ecosystem: Arabian Desert, Article text
Its range covers a wide sweep of territory in the Sahara, Arabian Desert, Thar Desert, and Central Asia, from Algeria and Mali in the west through to Egypt, Ethiopia, Asia Minor and the Arabian Peninsula, eastwards to Kazakhstan and western India in the northeast and southeast.
In Ecosystem: Thar Desert, Article text
Its range covers a wide sweep of territory in the Sahara, Arabian Desert, Thar Desert, and Central Asia, from Algeria and Mali in the west through to Egypt, Ethiopia, Asia Minor and the Arabian Peninsula, eastwards to Kazakhstan and western India in the northeast and southeast.
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