Family: Scorpionidae.

Genus and species: Scorpio maurus. (Linnaeus,1758)

Usual name: Israel Gold Scorpion, Broad Clawed Scorpion.

Origin: Abyssinie, Algérie, Arabie, Asie mineur, Égypte, Iran, Maroc, Mésopotamie, Perce, Sénégal, Tunisie

Size: 3 in.

Terrarium: Steppe type terrarium should be 3 gallons for a scorpion, a mixture of gravel, sands and/or of litter, peat 40/40/20, will be used, they digs small gallery under the stones and root therefore a thickness of 6 in. Should be good to him, lay out also some stones.

Food: They nourishes crickets, mealworms, cockroaches and other small invertebrates, small one feed of micro crickets.

Temperature: Of 78° - 80 F. the day of 65° to 70° F. The night.

Humidité: A moisture of 50 - 60 %, would be sprinkled at the 15 days and put a bowl for water.

Reproduction: Gestation of 14 - 15 month, range from 10 to 40 pullus, very slow growth.

Sociability: Insulate the adult specimens is a precaution to take.

Toxicity of venom: Very painful sting of stage 2 to a scale of 5.