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

 

scientific name:

common name:

pronounced:

info:

Acanthoscurria antillensis

"pink patch birdeater"

 

Acanthoscurria atrox

"Brazilian giant black"

 

 

Acanthoscurria chacoana

"Bolivian salmon pink"

 

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Acanthoscurria brockelhursti

"giant black and white"

 

 

Acanthoscurria fracta

"Para Mongo zebra"

 

 

Acanthoscurria geniculata

whitebanded tarantula

 

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Acanthoscurria insubtilis

"Bolivian black velvet"

 

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Acanthoscurria juruenicola  

"Brazilian orange banded"

 

 

Acanthoscurria musculosa

"Brazilian black velvet"

 

Acanthoscurria suina

"rusty brown birdeater"

 

Acanthoscurria stenalis

"black rump birdeater"

 

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Aphonopelma anax

Texas tan tarantula

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Aphonopelma armada

 

 

Aphonopelma behlei

"Grand Canyon black"

 

 

Aphonopelma bicoloratum

Mexican bloodleg tarantula

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Aphonopelma burica

Costa Rican chestnutzebra tarantula

 

Aphonopelma californicum

"California black and brown"

 

 

Aphonopelma caniceps

"Mexican black velvet"

 

Aphonopelma chalcodes

desert blond tarantula

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Aphonopelma clarki

"Fort Worth brown"

 

 

Aphonopelma crinita

"Mexican green"

 

Aphonopelma duplex

   

Aphonopelma eutylenum

California ebony tarantula

 

Aphonopelma harlingenum

"Harlingen chocolate brown"

 

 

Aphonopelma hentzi

Texas brown tarantula

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Aphonopelma heterops

"Texas brown"

 

Aphonopelma iodius  

"Salt Lake county brown"

 

 

Aphonopelma jungi

"rodeo black"

 

 

Aphonopelma moderatum

Rio Grande gold tarantula

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Aphonopelma mojave  

"Mojave desert dwarf"

 

 

Aphonopelma paloma  

"Paloma dwarf"

 

 

Aphonopelma rusticum

"Arizona olive"

 

Aphonopelma schmidti  

"Superstition Mountain blonde"

 

 

Aphonopelma seemanni

Costa Rican zebra tarantula

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Aphonopelma steindachneri

   

Aphonopelma texense

"Texas starr"

 

 

Aphonopelma vorhiesi

"Tuscan bronze"

 

Aphonopelma wichitanum  

"Wichita Mountain red"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

?

 

Avicularia fasciculata

?

 

Avicularia geroldi

"Brazilian bluegreen pinktoe"

 

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Avicularia juruensis

 yellowbanded tarantula

 

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

?

 

Avicularia pulchra

?

 

Avicularia purpurea

Ecuadorian purple tarantula

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Avicularia urticans

Peruvian pinktoe tarantula

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Avicularia variegata

?

 

Avicularia versicolor

Antilles pinktoe tarantula

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Bonnetina cyaneifemur

"Mexican blue femur"

 

 

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

?

 

Brachypelma klaasi

Mexican pink tarantula

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Brachypelma ruhnaui

"Mexican golden redrump"

 

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Brachypelma sabulosum

"Guatemalan redrump"

 

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

 

Ceratogyrus brachycephalus

greaterhorned tarantula

 

Ceratogyrus darlingi

"African horned tarantula"

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Ceratogyrus marshalli

straighthorned tarantula

 

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Ceratogyrus meridionalis

"Zimbabwe grey"

 

 

Ceratogyrus sanderi

"sandy horned baboon"

 

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Chaetopelma olivaceum    
Chaetpelma shabati    

 

 

 

 

Chilobrachys andersoni

Burmese mustard tarantula

 

Chilobrachys fimbriatus

"Indian violet"

 

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Chilobrachys hauhini

"Hauhini bird spider"

 

 

Chilobrachys sericeus

Asian mustard tarantula

 

 

 

 

 

Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens

greenbottle blue tarantula

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Citharacanthus crinirufus

?

 

Citharacanthus longipes

?

 

Citharacanthus spinicrus

"Cuban cinnamon"

 

 

 

 

 

 

Citharischius crawshayi

king baboon tarantula

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Coremiocnemis validus

"Malay reddish brown"

 

 

 

 

 

Crassicrus lamanai

cinnamon tarantula

 

 

 

 

 

Cyclosternum fasciatum

Costa Rican tigerrump tarantula

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Cyclosternum macropus

?

 

Cyclosternum pentalore

"Guatemalan tiger rump"

 

 

Cyclosternum schmardae

"yellow-banded birdeater"

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cyriopagopus paganus  

Asian chevron tarantula

 

 

Cyriopagopus thorelli

"Malaysian earth tiger"

 

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Cyriopagopus schioedtei

"Malaysian earth tiger"

 

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