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Eupalaestrus campestratus, known as the pink zebra beauty, [2] is a terrestrial tarantula native to Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina. It is dark brown and has yellow striped markings near its patellae, resembling Grammostola pulchripes, although its maximum leg span of six inches makes it significantly smaller. It is known for its generally ...
Aphonopelma seemanni, the Costa Rican zebra tarantula, also known as the striped-knee tarantula, is a species of tarantula inhabiting most of western Costa Rica and other parts of Central America, such as Honduras and Nicaragua, and possibly Guatemala. [1]
This tarantula is known to have more potent venom than many tarantula species [citation needed], but Cyriopagopus albostriatus venom was shown in a study to have the ability to regulate activity in voltage-gated sodium channels, which are promising therapeutic targets for people with chronic pain. This suggests potential for the venom of this ...
Western desert tarantula (Aphonopelma chalcodes) Aphonopelma marxi. Costa Rican zebra tarantula ... Pink zebra beauty (Eupalaestrus campestratus) Eupalaestrus Pocock ...
The Chaco golden knee is a large tarantula, being able to reach between 7 and 8 inches in legspan (17.8-20.3 cm). Being a terrestrial tarantula, it has a heavy body. Mature males have longer legs and smaller bodies than females, and they possess tibial hooks or apophyses to hold back a female's fangs during mating.
Previously placed in the genus Avicularia, C. versicolor is native to Martinique in the Caribbean Sea. [3]Antilles pinktoe tarantulas are arboreal (tree-dwelling). They spin elaborate funnel webs in which they spend most of their time.
Avicularia is a genus of the family Theraphosidae containing various species of arboreal tarantulas.The genus is native to Panama, the Caribbean, and tropical South America. [1] [2] Each species in the genus has very distinguishable pink foot pads.
Lasiodora parahybana, the Brazilian salmon pink bird-eating tarantula, also simply known as the salmon pink or LP, is a tarantula from north-eastern Brazil and considered to be the fourth largest tarantula in the world (behind the three species in the genus Theraphosa).