Centruroides exilicauda

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Baja California bark scorpion
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Class: Arachnida Order: Scorpiones Family: Buthidae Genus: Centruroides Species: C. exilicauda
Binomial name
Centruroides exilicauda

Centruroides exilicauda is a species of bark scorpion found in Baja California. It is closely related to the Arizona bark scorpion (Centruoides sculpuratus), but is not considered dangerous. Previously only distinguished by geographic range, the two variants were classified in 1980 as the same species. Subsequently, differences in venom toxicity were recorded, and in 2004, DNA analysis ^[1] showed them to be separate species.

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1. ^ Valdez-Cruz, N.A.; Dávila, S.; Licea, A.; Corona, M.; Zamudio, F.Z.; García-Valdes, J.; Boyer, L. & Possani, L.D. (Jun-2004), “Biochemical, genetic and physiological characterization of venom components from two species of scorpions: Centruroides exilicauda Wood and Centruroides sculpturatus Ewing.”, Biochimie (Éditions Scientifiques et Médicales Elsevier SAS) 86 (6): 387-396, ISSN 0300-9084