Munk - here ya go. I didn't know the english name, just the latin one. here's what I found in one of my reptile magazines, unfortunately the one that was at the bottom end of the pile...I'll try to translate it as good as I can:
Leiurus quinquestriatus:
Monotypic, there are no subspecies. size - about 7-8cm. living in algeria, libia, niger, sudan, egypt, arabic penisula and turkey. habitat: deserts, sandy deserts, living in small caves they did themselves. likes to live close to human settlements as well. when stinging, they eject about 8,2mg of poison. very deadly, although I think statements about being the deadliest kind may be exagerated - there are plenty of others as well, like tityus [south america], centruroides [mexico], androctonus [africa] and buthus occitanus [north africa, the same kind living in south europe isn't as deadly. my father was stung by one - three days of permanent pain. he said it was the worst he ever felt, and usually he isn't comlaining much.
regards, Keno
