Buthus Mariaefrancae
''Buthus'' is a genus of scorpiones, scorpion belonging and being eponymous to the family Buthidae. It is distributed widely across northern Africa, including Morocco, Mauritania, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Nigeria, Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti, as well as the Middle East, including Israel, State of Palestine, Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen, and possibly Saudi Arabia and southern Turkey. Its European range includes the Iberian Peninsula, southern France, and Cyprus. Taxonomy The genus was introduced by William Elford Leach, W.E. Leach (1815: 391). It was only the second genus of scorpion as all species known to this date were included in the sole genus ''Scorpio (genus), Scorpio'' Carl von Linné, Linné, 1758. Leach found ''Buthus occitanus, Scorpio occitanus'' Pierre-Joseph Amoreux, Amoreux, 1789 to differ from the other species of ''Scorpio'' known to him by having eight eyes (two median eyes and six lateral eyes) instead of six (two ...
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Buthus Occitanus
''Buthus occitanus'', the common yellow scorpion, is a species of scorpion in the family Buthidae. It occurs in the Middle East, North Africa and Europe. ''B. occitanus'' is 60–80 mm in length, has a yellow or yellow-brown color and is venomous producing BotIT6 toxin, but its toxicity varies markedly across its range. This scorpion is often found in dry and hot areas with sparse vegetation, where it hides under stones etc. during daytime. It has also been reported from Mediterranean forests in Spain at altitudes above 1000 meters (with snowfall in the winter). The sting in Europe is painful but with only mild toxic effects, however, in Africa it can be fatal. References

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