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Lesser Antillean Bark Scorpion

Centruroides barbudensis

Classification

Family
Buthidae

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

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
France · 15Netherlands · 1