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Orphnaecus philippinus, known as the Philippine Tangerine, Philippine Orange, or Neon Orange Tarantula is a species of tarantula. It is native to the Philippines . It was described in 1999, by Gunter Schmidt , as Selenobrachys philippinus , but in 2012, Rick West , Steven Nunn and Henry Hogg made the genus Selenobrachys a junior synonym of ...
Inside Tacoma’s newest exotic pet store, stacked terrariums offer glimpses of about 200 species of tarantulas, in addition to other spiders, scorpions, centipedes, geckos, lizards and snakes.
Orphnaecus is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892. [3] They have close to fifty lanceolate stridulatory spines on the chelicerae, known as "strikers". The male embolus has a single strong retrolateral keel. [2] It is considered a senior synonym of Chilocosmia and Selenobrachys. [2]
Phlogiellus is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1897. [4] They are found throughout Asia and Papua New Guinea, including Indonesia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, China, Myanmar, Malaysia, Borneo, Thailand, the Solomon Islands and Taiwan.
The island of Cebu in the Philippines is home to various species of reptiles and amphibians. Supsup, et al. (2016) recorded a total of 13 amphibian species and 63 reptile species. Brachymeles cebuensis is a rare skink endemic to Cebu. Secretive blind snakes such as Malayotyphlops hypogius and Ramphotyhlops cumingii are found on the island as well.
Ornithoctoninae is a subfamily of tarantulas found in Southeast Asia. It was first erected in 1895 by Reginald Innes Pocock based on the type specimen Ornithoctonus andersoni . The Ornithoctoninae comprise a theraphosid subfamily, which is widely distributed in Asia from Myanmar to South China in the north and as far as to Halmahera in the ...
Aphonopelma johnnycashi is a species of tarantula (family Theraphosidae). [2] It was found in 2015 near Folsom Prison in California and named after Johnny Cash, whose song "Folsom Prison Blues" made the prison famous. Mature males are generally black, and the country music singer was also known as "The Man in Black". [1]
Ephebopus cyanognathus, known as the blue fang tarantula, [2] is a species of tarantula (family Theraphosidae). It is endemic to French Guiana . [ 1 ] [ 3 ] It was first described by Rick C. West and Samuel D Marshall in 2000, and is somewhat commonly kept as pets.