As a rule of thumb i wouldn't buy a scorpion that wasn't named correctly with it's Latin name and nor would i trust a dealer that only sold scorpions by common names...Truth is mate, you could end up getting anything because many scorpions have an abundance of common names as there's no defined standards.
A Libyan scorpion could basically be any scorpion found in Libya and an African black scorpion could be any black scorpion found in Africa........and a dealer that only uses common names obviously doesn't know much about scorpions.
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- I assume that the "black scorpion" from Egypt is probably A. bicolor.
Probably but not conclusively ... His listing of a fat tailed scorpion from Egypt could also be an A. bicolor....and the African black scorpion could be a Parabuthus transvaalicus or a Parabuthus villosus or maybe something totally different...because these scorpions are also commonly named as fat tails..
Using common names is so confusing so my advice would be to ask him for the scientific names and if he fails at that find another dealer.
