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Fattail Scorpions
Androctonus
Fattail scorpion or fat-tailed scorpion is the common name given to scorpions of the genus Androctonus, one of the most dangerous groups of scorpion species worldwide. The genus was first described in 1828 by Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg.
Members of this genus are found throughout Northern Africa, the Middle East and eastwards to Northeastern India, more commonly in semi-arid and arid regions.
42 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Iranian Fat-tailed Scorpion and Allies
complexAndroctonus crassicauda
African fattail scorpion
speciesAndroctonus amoreuxi
Androctonus australis
speciesAndroctonus australis
Moroccan Fat-tailed Scorpion
speciesAndroctonus liouvillei
Androctonus mauritanicus
speciesAndroctonus mauritanicus
Black fat-tailed scorpion
speciesAndroctonus bicolor
Androctonus bourdoni
speciesAndroctonus bourdoni
Ebony Fat-tailed Scorpion
speciesAndroctonus gonneti
Androctonus dekeyseri
speciesAndroctonus dekeyseri
Androctonus argoubi
speciesAndroctonus argoubi
Androctonus cholistanus
speciesAndroctonus cholistanus
Androctonus sergenti
speciesAndroctonus sergenti
Androctonus hoggarensis
speciesAndroctonus hoggarensis
Androctonus pallidus
speciesAndroctonus pallidus
Androctonus aeneas
speciesAndroctonus aeneas
Androctonus aleksandrplotkini
speciesAndroctonus aleksandrplotkini
Androctonus minaeus
speciesAndroctonus minaeus
Androctonus baluchicus
speciesAndroctonus baluchicus
Androctonus tinzaouatinensis
speciesAndroctonus tinzaouatinensis
Androctonus sistanus
speciesAndroctonus sistanus
Androctonus finitimus
speciesAndroctonus finitimus
Androctonus burkinensis
speciesAndroctonus burkinensis
Androctonus santi
speciesAndroctonus santi
Androctonus stockmanni
speciesAndroctonus stockmanni
Androctonus vaneki
speciesAndroctonus vaneki
Androctonus agrab
speciesAndroctonus agrab
Androctonus ajjer
speciesAndroctonus ajjer
Androctonus afghanus
speciesAndroctonus afghanus
Androctonus donairei
speciesAndroctonus donairei
Androctonus eburneus
speciesAndroctonus eburneus
Androctonus togolensis
speciesAndroctonus togolensis
Androctonus cacahuati
speciesAndroctonus cacahuati
Androctonus maelfaiti
speciesAndroctonus maelfaiti
Androctonus tibesti
speciesAndroctonus tibesti
Androctonus simonettai
speciesAndroctonus simonettai
Androctonus robustus
speciesAndroctonus robustus
Androctonus tigrai
speciesAndroctonus tigrai
Androctonus tropeai
speciesAndroctonus tropeai
Androctonus barbouri
speciesAndroctonus barbouri
Androctonus tenuissimus
speciesAndroctonus tenuissimus
Androctonus maroccanus
speciesAndroctonus maroccanus
Androctonus bartolozzii
speciesAndroctonus bartolozzii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 196999.