Table 5.

Common scorpion species found in Saudi Arabia by region (12, 13)

Region	Family	Species
Eastern (Abqaiq, Ad-Dammam, Al-Ahsa, Al-Jubail, Al-Jubail, Al-khubar, Al-Qatif, An-Nu’ayriyah, Hafar Al-Batin, Qaryat Al-Ulya, Ras Tanurah)	Buthidae	Androctonus crassicauda Androctonus bicolor Buthacus leptochelys Buthacus yotvatensis nigroaculeatus Leiurus quinquestriatus Orthochirus innesi Vachoniolus minipectinibus
Central (Al-Dawadmi, Ad-Dir’iyah, Afif, Al-Aflaj, Al-Ghat, Al-Hariq, Al-Kharj, Al-Majma’ah, Al-Muzahimiyah, Al-Quway’iyah, Al-Riyadh, As-Sulayyil, Az-Zulfi, Durma, Hawtah Bani Tamim, Huraymila, Ramih, Shaqra, Thadig, Wadi Ad-Dawasir)	Buthidae	Androctonus bicolor Androctonus crassicauda Buthacus leptochelys Buthacus yotvatensis nigroaculeatus Compsobuthus arabicus Compsobuthus werneri Leiurus quinquestriatus Orthochirus innesi
	Scorpionidae	Scorpio maurus kruglovi
	Hemiscorpiidae	Hemiscorpius arabicus Hemiscorpius lepturus
Northern (Ar’ar, Rafha, Turaif, Hafr-Albatin)	Buthidae	Androctonus crassicauda Apistobuthus pterygocercus Buthacus leptochelys Buthacus yotvatensis nigroaculeatus Compsobuthus arabicus Compsobuthus werneri Leiurus quinquestriatus Orthochirus innesi Orthochirus scrobiculosus
	Scorpionidae	Nebo hierichonticus Scorpio maurus kruglovi Scorpio maurus palmatus
Southern (Aseer, Jazan, Najran, Al-Baha)	Buthidae	Androctonus bicolor Androctonus crassicauda Buthacus leptochelys Buthacus leptochelys Butheolus arabicus Butheolus gallagheri Butheolus thalassinus Compsobuthus werneri Hottentotta jayakari Leiurus quinquestriatus Orthochirus innesi Parabuthus liosoma Vachoniolus minipectinibus
	Scorpionidae	Scorpio maurus fuscus Nebo hierichonticus
Western (Jeddah, Medinah, Mecca, Yanbu, Al-Taif)	Scorpionidae Buthidae	Scorpio maurus fuscus Androctonus amoureuxi Androctonus australis Androctonus crassicauda Buthacus leptochelys Buthacus leptochelys Compsobuthus arabicus Compsobuthus werneri Leiurus quinquestriatus Orthochirus innesi Parabuthus liosoma
	Scorpionidae Scorpionidae Scorpionidae	Nebo hierichonticus Scorpio maurus kruglovi Scorpio maurus