Species list: green highlighted
species has an info sheet.
If you have care info you wish
to share please email: tim@arachnofreaks.com
Thank you!
AMERICAN TARANTULA
SOCIETY BASIC CARESHEET FOR TARANTULAS
This is a good basic caresheet which
explains the basics of keeping any tarantula.
Here is a species list with a little more general information if available and pictures of some species:
Thanks to Arachnofreaks member
Darkeye for pronunciations! darkeye@arachnofreaks.com
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Acanthoscurria antillensis |
"pink patch birdeater" |
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Acanthoscurria atrox |
"Brazilian giant black" |
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Acanthoscurria chacoana |
"Bolivian salmon pink" |
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Acanthoscurria brockelhursti |
"giant black and white" |
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Acanthoscurria fracta |
"Para Mongo zebra" |
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Acanthoscurria geniculata |
whitebanded tarantula |
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Acanthoscurria insubtilis |
"Bolivian black velvet" |
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Acanthoscurria juruenicola |
"Brazilian orange banded" |
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Acanthoscurria musculosa |
"Brazilian black velvet" |
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Acanthoscurria suina |
"rusty brown birdeater" |
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Acanthoscurria stenalis |
"black rump birdeater" |
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Aphonopelma anax |
Texas tan tarantula |
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Aphonopelma armada |
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Aphonopelma behlei |
"Grand Canyon black" |
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Aphonopelma bicoloratum |
Mexican bloodleg tarantula |
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Aphonopelma burica |
Costa Rican chestnutzebra tarantula |
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Aphonopelma californicum |
"California black and brown" |
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Aphonopelma caniceps |
"Mexican black velvet" |
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Aphonopelma chalcodes |
desert blond tarantula |
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Aphonopelma clarki |
"Fort Worth brown" |
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Aphonopelma crinita |
"Mexican green" |
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Aphonopelma duplex |
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Aphonopelma eutylenum |
California ebony tarantula |
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Aphonopelma harlingenum |
"Harlingen chocolate brown" |
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Aphonopelma hentzi |
Texas brown tarantula |
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Aphonopelma heterops |
"Texas brown" |
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Aphonopelma iodius |
"Salt Lake county brown" |
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Aphonopelma jungi |
"rodeo black" |
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Aphonopelma moderatum |
Rio Grande gold tarantula |
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Aphonopelma mojave |
"Mojave desert dwarf" |
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Aphonopelma paloma |
"Paloma dwarf" |
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Aphonopelma rusticum |
"Arizona olive" |
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Aphonopelma schmidti |
"Superstition Mountain blonde" |
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Aphonopelma seemanni |
Costa Rican zebra tarantula |
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Aphonopelma steindachneri |
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Aphonopelma texense |
"Texas starr" |
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Aphonopelma vorhiesi |
"Tuscan bronze" |
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Aphonopelma wichitanum |
"Wichita Mountain red" |
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Avicularia aurantiaca |
"yellow banded pinktoe" |
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Avicularia avicularia |
pinktoe tarantula |
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Avicularia bicegoi |
"Brazilian pinktoe" |
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Avicularia bruanshauseni |
"giant pinktoe" |
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Avicularia caesia |
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Avicularia fasciculata |
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Avicularia geroldi |
"Brazilian bluegreen pinktoe" |
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Avicularia juruensis |
yellowbanded tarantula |
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Avicularia laeta |
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Avicularia metallica |
white toe tarantula |
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Avicularia minatrix |
"Venezuelan red stripe" |
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Avicularia nigrotaeniata |
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Avicularia pulchra |
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Avicularia purpurea |
Ecuadorian purple tarantula |
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Avicularia urticans |
Peruvian pinktoe tarantula |
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Avicularia variegata |
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Avicularia versicolor |
Antilles pinktoe tarantula |
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Bonnetina cyaneifemur |
"Mexican blue femur" |
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Bonnetina rudloffi |
"Michoacan Rustrump" |
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Brachypelma albopilosum |
curlyhair tarantula |
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Brachypelma anitha |
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Brachypelma angustum |
Costa Rican red tarantula |
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Brachypelma auratum |
Mexican flameknee tarantula |
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Brachypelma baumgarteni |
Mexican orangebeauty tarantula |
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Brachypelma boehmi |
Mexican fireleg tarantula |
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Brachypelma emilia |
Mexican redleg tarantula |
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Brachypelma epicureanum |
Yucatan rustrump tarantula |
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Brachypelma fossorium |
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Brachypelma klaasi |
Mexican pink tarantula |
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Brachypelma ruhnaui |
"Mexican golden redrump" |
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Brachypelma sabulosum |
"Guatemalan redrump" |
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Brachypelma smithi |
Mexican redknee tarantula |
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Brachypelma vagans |
Mexican redrump tarantula |
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Brachypelma verdezi |
"Mexican rose grey" |
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Ceratogyrus bechuanicus |
curvedhorn tarantula |
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Ceratogyrus brachycephalus |
greaterhorned tarantula |
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Ceratogyrus darlingi |
"African horned tarantula" |
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Ceratogyrus marshalli |
straighthorned tarantula |
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Ceratogyrus meridionalis |
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Ceratogyrus sanderi |
"sandy horned baboon" |
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Chilobrachys andersoni |
Burmese mustard tarantula |
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Chilobrachys fimbriatus |
"Indian violet" |
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Chilobrachys hauhini |
"Hauhini bird spider" |
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Chilobrachys sericeus |
Asian mustard tarantula |
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Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens |
greenbottle blue tarantula |
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Citharacanthus crinirufus |
? |
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Citharacanthus longipes |
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Citharacanthus spinicrus |
"Cuban cinnamon" |
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Citharischius crawshayi |
king baboon tarantula |
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Coremiocnemis validus |
"Malay reddish brown" |
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Crassicrus lamanai |
cinnamon tarantula |
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Cyclosternum fasciatum |
Costa Rican tigerrump tarantula |
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Cyclosternum macropus |
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Cyclosternum pentalore |
"Guatemalan tiger rump" |
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Cyclosternum schmardae |
"yellow-banded birdeater" |
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Cyriopagopus paganus |
Asian chevron tarantula |
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Cyriopagopus thorelli |
"Malaysian earth tiger" |
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Cyriopagopus schioedtei |
"Malaysian earth tiger" |
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Cyrtopholis portoricae |
"Puerto Rican pygmy" |
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Ephebopus cyanognathus |
"blue fang skeleton" |
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Ephebopus fossor |
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Ephebopus murinus |
skeleton tarantula |
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Ephebopus rufescens |
"burgundy skeleton" |
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Ephebopus uataman |
"emerald skeleton" |
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Eucratoscelus longiceps |
African redrump tarantula |
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Eucratoscelus pachypus |
"Tanzanian dwarf stoutleg" |
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Eupalaestrus campestratus |
"pink zebra beauty" |
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Eupalaestrus weijenberghi |
whitecollared tarantula |
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Grammostola actaeon |
"Brazilian redrump" |
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Grammostola alticeps |
Brazilian greysmoke tarantula |
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Grammostola aureostriata |
"chaco golden knee" |
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Grammostola burzaquensis |
Argentinean rose tarantula |
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Grammostola chacothrix |
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Grammostola grossa |
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Grammostola iheringi |
Entre Rios tarantula |
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Grammostola mollicoma |
"Brazilian giant tawny red" |
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Grammostola pulchra |
Brazilian black tarantula |
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Grammostola rosea |
Chilean rose tarantula |
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Grammostola vachoni |
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Harpactira atra |
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Haplopelma albostriatum |
"Thai zebra" |
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Haplopelma aureopilosum |
"Asian black" |
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Haplopelma lividum |
cobalt blue tarantula |
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Haplopelma minax |
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Haplopelma schmidti |
"Chinese gold tiger" |
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Haplotremus albipes |
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Heteroscodra crassipes |
Cameron brown tarantula |
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Heteroscodra maculata |
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Heterothele villosella |
"Tanzanian chestnut" |
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Holothele incei |
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Holothele rondoni |
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Hysterocrates apostolicus |
"cricket legged baboon" |
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Hysterocrates ederi |
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Hysterocrates gigas |
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Hysterocrates laticeps |
Nigerian rustleg tarantula |
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Hysterocrates hercules |
"Hercules baboon" |
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Hysterocrates robustus |
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Hysterocrates scepticus |
"giant olive-brown baboon" |
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Iridopelma hirsutum |
"Amazon ribbed tree spider" |
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Iridopelma zorodes |
Brazilian purple tarantula |
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Ischnocolus hancocki |
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Lampropelma nigerrium |
"borneo" |
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Lampropelma violaceopes |
"Malay blue femur" |
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Lasiodora cristata |
"white striped birdeater" |
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Lasiodora difficillis |
"Brazilian fire red" |
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Lasiodora erthrocithara |
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Lasiodora itabunae |
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Lasiodora klugi |
"scarlet birdeater" |
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Lasiodora parahybana |
Brazilian salmon tarantula |
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Lasiodora striatipes |
"Brazilian brown" |
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Lasiodorides polycuspulatus |
"Peruvian blonde" |
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Lasiodorides striatus |
stripeleg tarantula |
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Megaphobema mesomelas |
Costa Rican redleg tarantula |
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Megaphobema peterklaasi |
"Costa Rican black velvet" |
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Megaphobema robustum |
Columbian giant tarantula |
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Megaphobema velvetosoma |
Ecuadorian brownvelvet tarantula |
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Metriopelma zebrata |
Costa Rican suntiger tarantula |
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Nhandu carapoensis |
"Brazilian red" |
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Nhandu chromatus |
"Brazilian Red and White" |
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Nhandu coloratovillosus |
"Brazilian black and white" |
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Nhandu vulpinus |
"Brazilian giant blonde" |
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Ornithoctonus andersoni |
Asian mahogany tarantula |
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Pachistopelma pulchra |
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Pamphobeteus antinous |
Bolivian blueleg tarantula |
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Pamphobeteus ferox |
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Pamphobeteus fortis |
Columbian brown tarantula |
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Pamphobeteus insignis |
Columbian purplebloom tarantula |
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Pamphobeteus nigricolor |
common bluebloom tarantula |
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Pamphobeteus ornatus |
Columbian pinkbloom tarantula |
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Pamphobeteus ulaltramarinus |
"Ecuadorian birdeater" |
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Pamphobeteus vespertinus |
redbloom tarantula |
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Paraphysa scrofa |
"Chilean copper" |
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Phlogiellus inermis |
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Phoneyusa celerierae |
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Phormictopus antillensis |
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Phormictopus atrichromatis |
"red island birdeater" |
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Phormictopus cancerides |
Haitian brown tarantula |
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Phormictopus cubensis |
"Cuban gold" |
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Phormictopus nesiotes |
"Cuban gold birdeater" |
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Poecilotheria fasciata |
Sri Lankan ornamental tarantula |
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Poecilotheria |
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Poecilotheria metallica |
"gooty sapphire ornamental" |
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Poecilotheria miranda |
"bengal spotted ornamental" |
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Poecilotheria ornata |
fringed ornamental tarantula |
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Poecilotheria pederseni |
"Pederson's ornamental" |
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Poecilotheria regalis |
Indian ornamental tarantula |
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Poecilotheria rufilata |
redslate ornamental tarantula |
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Poecilotheria smithi |
"yellow backed ornamental" |
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Poecilothria straita |
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Poecilotheria subfusca |
ivory ornamental tarantula |
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Psalmopoeus cambridgei |
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Psalmopoeus irminia |
suntiger tarantula |
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Psalmopoeus pulcher |
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Psalmopoeus reduncus |
Costa Rican orangemouth tarantula |
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Pterinochilus hindei |
"tan baboon" |
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Pterinochilus lugardi |
"Fort Hall baboon" |
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Pterinochilus murinus |
Mombassa golden starburst tarantula |
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Pterinochilus widenmanni |
"Widenmanni baboon" |
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Reversopelma petersi |
"Peruvian rusty" |
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Selenocosmia arndsti |
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Selenocosmia dichromata |
"New Guinea black femur" |
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Selenocosmia javanensis |
javan yellowknee tarantula |
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Selenocosmia lanipes |
New Guinia brown tarantula |
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Sericopelma melanotarsum |
"Costa Rican pink footed" |
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Sphaedrobathria hoffmanni |
"Central American horned birdeater" |
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Stichoplastoris lingistylus |
"El Salvador fawn birdeater" |
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Stromatopelma calceatum |
featherleg tarantula |
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Tapinauchenius gigas |
orange chevron tarantula |
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Tapinauchenius plumipes |
Trinidad mahogany tarantula |
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Tapinauchenius purpureus |
"purple tree spider" |
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Theraphosa apophysis |
goliath pinkfoot tarantula |
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Theraphosa blondi |
goliath birdeater tarantula |
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Thrigmopoeus truculentus |
"lesser Goa mustard" |
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Thrixopelma pruriens |
"Chilean spiny" |
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Vitalius bucherli |
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Vitalius platyomma |
"Brazilian pink" |
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Vitalius roseus |
"starburst birdeater" |
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Xenesthis immanis |
Colombian lesserblack tarantula |
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Xenesthis intermedia |
"Amazon blue bloom" |
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