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Genus Leiurus

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7 species

The deathstalker and its relatives, and the most medically significant scorpion genus in the hobby by a clear margin. L. quinquestriatus venom is among the most potent measured in any scorpion.

Everything else is secondary. Yes they are attractive, yellow and slender and fast. Yes the husbandry is straightforward arid setup. None of that is the operative fact. A serious envenomation is a hospital admission and antivenom availability outside the native range is not something to assume.

They breed in captivity and are not expensive, which produces the same dangerous mismatch as Stromatopelma: the price communicates nothing about the risk. Anyone keeping this genus should be doing so deliberately, with a plan, and not because it was affordable.

Species
7
Live Listings
10
Family Market Index
$68
median market price
Entry Price
$18
Leiurus haenggii
Uncommon
Deathstalker
1 live listing · from $28 mkt $68
Leiurus heberti
Uncommon
Hebrew Deathstalker
0 live listings · from $44 mkt $58
Leiurus hebraeus
Rare
Hebrew Deathstalker Jordan Locale
0 live listings · from $48 mkt $58
Leiurus jordanensis
Common
Black Deathstalker
3 live listings · from $68 mkt $108
Leiurus macroctenus
Rare
Deathstalker
0 live listings · from $68 mkt $78
Leiurus quinquestriatus
Ubiquitous
Deathstalker Scorpion
6 live listings · from $18 mkt $30
Leiurus somalicus
Rare
Somalian Deathstalker
0 live listings · from $68 mkt $78