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To eliminate confusion, especially important with potentially dangerous species, the scientific name is normally used to refer to them. The name Leiurus quinquestriatus roughly translates into English as "five-striped smooth-tail". [5] In 2014, the subspecies L. q. hebraeus was separated from it and elevated to its own species Leiurus hebraeus. [6]
The World's 100 most threatened species [1] is a compilation of the most threatened animals, plants, and fungi in the world. It was the result of a collaboration between over 8,000 scientists from the International Union for Conservation of Nature Species Survival Commission (IUCN SSC), along with the Zoological Society of London . [ 2 ]
Deadliest animals as of 2016 [1] This is a list of the deadliest animals to humans worldwide, measured by the number of humans killed per year. Different lists have varying criteria and definitions, so lists from different sources disagree and can be contentious.
Discover six of the world’s most venomous animals in this thrilling journey through nature’s most lethal creations. From deep oceans to dense jungles, we reveal the fascinating and deadly ...
The venom is possibly the most toxic of any Bungarus (krait) species and possibly the most toxic of any snake species in Asia, with LD 50 values of 0.09 mg/kg [62] –0.108 mg/kg SC, [34] [78] 0.113 mg/kg IV and 0.08 mg/kg IP on mice. [78] Based on several LD 50 studies, the many-banded krait is among the most venomous land snakes in the world ...
The most common species, L. quinquestriatus, is also known under the common name Deathstalker. It is distributed widely across North Africa and the Middle East, including the western and southern Arabian Peninsula and southeastern Turkey. At least one species occurs in West Africa (northern Cameroon).
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 in the world. [1] The genus was first described in 1828 by Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg. [2] They are found throughout the semi-arid and arid regions of the Middle East and Africa. [1]
A species almost extinct in this region, the Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve (DDCR) has helped to reintroduce it. But to prove the owl’s presence – and the value of the reserve’s efforts ...