Deathstalker Scorpion
Leiurus quinquestriatus
The deathstalker is a yellow North African scorpion with narrow pincers and a long, ridged tail, usually with a dark fifth tail segment. Egyptian populations are well documented; older broad use of the name also included other Leiurus species. It is a specialist display animal requiring an escape-proof dry enclosure, a shelter, diggable substrate and water.
Its medically significant venom can cause severe systemic illness, and it must never be handled. Females bear live young, carried on the mother's back at first.
Colors: Wild Type
