Morphological identification of scorpion species from Jazan and Al-Medina Al-Munawara regions, Saudi Arabia

• Published in: Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: A. K. Al-Asmari, A. A. Al-Saif, N. M. Abdo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: SciELO 2007
• Subjects: morphology; Parabuthus liosoma; Hottentotta jayakari; Buthidae; Jazan; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Toxicology. Poisons; RA1190-1270; Zoology; QL1-991; Arctic; Medina
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-91992007000400012; https://doaj.org/article/7ef079a1c57a4dfaabc77a838032548d

The present work is a complementary contribution to the comprehensive study of the scorpion sting syndrome in Saudi Arabia. It deals with the identification and determination of medically important scorpions and the other ones, which were collected from two regions (Jazan and Al-Medina Al-Munawara),...