XLIV.—The scorpions of the genus Heterometrus
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[Scorpion envenomation in Morocco: scorpions of the genus Androctonus, Buthus and Hottentota].
Around the world and especially in summer, the scorpion envenomation is a real public health problem. In Morocco, its gravity is due to the diversity of genera of the Buthidae family whose their venom is potentially lethal, mainly the genus Androctonus, Buthus and Hottentota. The areas most affected by this problematic are the central and southern of Morocco. The lethality of scorpion's venom p...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals and Magazine of Natural History
سال: 1900
ISSN: 0374-5481
DOI: 10.1080/00222930008678388