Scorpion Species Photos

Scorpion

Scorpions are an invertebrate animal with eight legs belonging to the order Scorpiones in the class Arachnida.
The scorpion body is divided into 2 main segments: the cephalothorax and the abdomen. The cephalothorax consists of the prosoma, and the abdomen of the mesosoma and the metasoma. All species of scorpion possess venom. In general scorpion venom is described as neurotoxic in nature. It consists of a variety of small proteins as well as sodium and potassium cations, which serve to interfere with neurotransmission in the victim. Scorpions use their venom to kill or paralyze their prey so that it can be eaten; in general it is fast acting, allowing for effective prey capture. Scorpions generally reproduce sexually and all species have male and female individuals. Reproduction is accomplished by the transfer of a spermatophore from the male to the female; scorpions have evolved a complex courtship and mating ritual to effect this transfer. Unlike the majority of Arachnida, scorpions are viviparous. The young are born one by one, and the brood is carried about on its mother's back until the young have under gone at least one moult. Read more..

Androctonus amoreuxi	Androctonus australis	Androctonus mauritanicus
Bothriurus coriaceus	Brachytosternus spec.	Buthacus leptochelys
Centruroides bicolor	Ceraboctonus keyseringi	Euscorpius spec. Croatia
Hadogenes paucidens	Hadruroides lunatus	Heterometrus cyaneus
Heterometrus indus	Heterometrus longimanus	Heterometrus madraspatensis
Heterometrus mysorensis	Heterometrus spec - Laos	Heterometrus spec ??
Heterometrus spinifer	Heterometrus swammerdami	Hottentotta hottentotta
Hottentotta trilineatus	Iomachus politus - Kenya	Leiurus quinquestriatus
Liocheles australasiae	Lychas mucronatus	Mesobuthus martensii
Opistophthalmus boehmi	Pandinus cavimanus	Pandinus imperator
Parabuthus liosoma	Scorpio maurus palmatus	Timogenes elegans
Tityus falconensis	Tityus nematochirus	Tityus serrulatus
Tityus stigmurus	Zabius fuscus