Alligator Back Scorpion, Hottentotta hottentotta with babies

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Hottenttota hottentotta with lots of babies. Hottentotta is a genus of scorpions of the family Buthidae. It is distributed widely across Africa, except for most of the Sahara desert. Species in the genus also occur in the Middle East, the Arabian Peninsula, southeastern Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Cape Verde Islands, and Sri Lanka (introduced). Hottentotta are potentially highly venomous to humans. Note that the LD50 value might differ considerably between populations of the same species.

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Size: 5472px × 3648px
Location: Africa
Photo credit: © Eng Wah Teo / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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