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title: "African fattail scorpion"
description: "Androctonus amoreuxi — Insekten & Spinnen. Androctonus amoreuxi, the African fattail scorpion, is a species of scorpion found in Africa."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/african-fattail-scorpion
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# African fattail scorpion

> Androctonus amoreuxi — Insekten & Spinnen. Androctonus amoreuxi, the African fattail scorpion, is a species of scorpion found in Africa.

- Scientific name: *Androctonus amoreuxi*
- Category: `insects` (Insekten & Spinnen)
- Habitats: `urban` (Stadt & Garten), `desert` (Wüste)
- iNaturalist observations: 391
- Wikidata: [Q1947067](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1947067)
- iNaturalist taxon: [503076](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/503076)

## Names

- en: African fattail scorpion
- fr: Scorpion d'Afrique à grosse queue

## Countries with the most observations

IL (164), MA (149), EH (36), DZ (8), MR (3)

## Summary

Androctonus amoreuxi, the African fattail scorpion, is a species of scorpion found in Africa. In the Dogon Country of Mali, it is a common house scorpion.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Androctonus_amoreuxi

## Photo

![African fattail scorpion](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/african-fattail-scorpion/medium.jpg)

Photo: Justin Philbois · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/168177373

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/african-fattail-scorpion?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).