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To many people, scorpions epitomize the desert. The Chihuahuan Desert has a large variety of these animals, including endemic forms found nowhere else. Excellent websites include Scorpions from the Chihuahuan Desert Region of Mexico and the United States and The Scorpion Files. A special thanks to Kari McWest for advice and photographs.

Order Scorpiones: Scorpions

Family Buthidae

Centruroides infamatus
Centruroides suffusus
Centruroides vittatus

Family Diplocentridae

Diplocentrus colwelli
Diplocentrus ferrugineus
Diplocentrus lindo
Diplocentrus whitei
Diplocentrus zacatecanus

Family Vaejovidae

Paruroctonus boquillas
Paruroctonus coahuilanus
Paruroctonus gracilior
Paruroctonus pecos
Paruroctonus utahensis
Paruroctonus williamsi
Pseudouroctonus apacheanus
Pseudouroctonus chicano
Serradigitus calidus
Vaejovis bilineatus
Vaejovis cazieri
Vaejovis chisos
Vaejovis coahuilae
Vaejovis crassimanus
Vaejovis globosus
Vaejovis intermedius
Vaejovis minckleyi
Vaejovis russelli
Vaejovis vaquero
Vaejovis waueri
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Last Update: 3 Jul 2006