''Centruroides barbudensis'' is a species of
scorpion in the family
Buthidae.
It possesses excitatory
neurotoxins that act on
sodium and
potassium channels. Toxic
catecholamine-release can cause adrenergic cardiac effects.
Distribution
This species is
endemic to the
Lesser Antilles. It is found in
Sombrero,
Anguilla,
Saba,
Sint Eustatius
Sint Eustatius (, ), also known locally as Statia (), is an island in the Caribbean. It is a special municipality (officially " public body") of the Netherlands.
The island lies in the northern Leeward Islands portion of the West Indies, so ...
,
Saint-Martin,
Saint-Barthélemy,
Antigua
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,
Barbuda,
Guadeloupe
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and
Martinique
References
Buthidae
Animals described in 1898
Centruroides
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