Big Z's sources
References
Source shelf for Big Z's Care Guides. Top references are grouped for quick scanning. The full APA 7 list is below.
Top References
Keeper Sources
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Tom's Big Spiders
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Keeper notes and species write-ups.
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Arachnoboards
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Long-running keeper forum discussions.
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The Tarantula Collective
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Care sheets, species notes, and keeper videos.
Taxonomy and Literature
3 sources-
The Scorpion Files (NTNU)
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Scorpion taxonomy and literature.
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Euscorpius
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Scorpion taxonomy papers and revisions.
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ResearchGate
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Paper discovery and author-hosted copies.
Venom and Medical Sources
3 sources-
Toxicon
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Scorpionism and medical-significance review work.
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StatPearls
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Clinical scorpion toxicity overview.
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Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases
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Venom and toxinology research.
General Background Sources
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Animal Diversity Web
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Species background and range notes.
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
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General scorpion venom background.
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Wikipedia: Scorpion
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Quick general background cross-check.
Full APA 7 References
Amr, Z. S., Abu Baker, M. A., Al-Saraireh, M., & Warrell, D. A. (2021). Scorpions and scorpion sting envenoming (scorpionism) in the Arab countries of the Middle East. Toxicon, 191, 83-103. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxicon.2020.12.017
Arachnoboards. (n.d.). Arachnoboards. https://arachnoboards.com/
Ceceli, A., & Horsfield, J. (2012). Leiurus quinquestriatus. Animal Diversity Web. https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Leiurus_quinquestriatus/
Gertsch, W. J. (2026). Scorpion: Venoms. In Encyclopaedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/animal/scorpion/Venoms
Lowe, G., Yağmur, E. A., & Kovařík, F. (2014). A review of the genus Leiurus Ehrenberg, 1828 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) with description of four new species from the Arabian Peninsula. Euscorpius, 191, 1-129. https://mds.marshall.edu/euscorpius/vol2014/iss191/1/
ResearchGate. (n.d.). ResearchGate. https://www.researchgate.net/
Ross, L. K. (2008). Leiurus quinquestriatus (Ehrenberg, 1828). The Scorpion Files. https://www.ntnu.no/ub/scorpion-files/l_quinquestriatus_info.pdf
Shamoon, Z., Peterfy, R. J., Hammoud, S., & Khazaeni, B. (2023). Scorpion toxicity. In StatPearls. StatPearls Publishing. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK430928/
Simone, Y., & van der Meijden, A. (2021). Armed stem to stinger: A review of the ecological roles of scorpion weapons. Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 27, Article e20210002. https://doi.org/10.1590/1678-9199-JVATITD-2021-0002
The Tarantula Collective. (n.d.). The Tarantula Collective. https://www.thetarantulacollective.com/
Tom's Big Spiders. (n.d.). Tom's Big Spiders. https://tomsbigspiders.com/
Wikipedia contributors. (n.d.). Scorpion. In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorpion