Neobuthus amoudensis

Neobuthus amoudensis is a species of scorpion from the family Buthidae found in Somaliland and Ethiopia.

[1] Male specimens of N. amoudensis were collected and temporarily categorized as Neobuthus ferrugineus in 2012.

The body's base colour is of a pale yellow to a light orange, with variable fuscous pigmentation and patterns of dark maculation on the pedipalps, metasoma and partially on its legs.

[1] N. amoudensis can be found in Ethiopia and Somaliland, on rocky areas of semi-desert, occasionally near or in dry river beds.

The species' type location is in a seasonal river's bed on the grounds of the Amoud University in Somaliland.