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The Chilean rose tarantula (Grammostola rosea), also known as the rose hair tarantula, the Chilean fire tarantula, or the Chilean red-haired tarantula (depending on the color morph), is probably the most common species of tarantula available in American and European pet stores today, due to the large number of wild-caught specimens exported cheaply from their native Chile into the pet trade.
Grammostola is a genus of South American tarantulas that was first described in text by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892. [5] These medium- to large-sized spiders are native to tropical South America , and are usually brown in color, with pinkish or orangish-red hairs.
Grammostola inermis Mello-Leitão, 1941 - Argentina; Grammostola mendozae (Strand, 1907) - Argentina; Grammostola pulchra Mello-Leitão, 1921 - Brazil; Grammostola pulchripes (Simon, 1891) - Paraguay, Argentina; Grammostola quirogai Montes de Oca, D'Elía & Pérez-Miles, 2016 - Brazil, Uruguay; Grammostola rosea (Walckenaer, 1837) - Bolivia ...
Some, such as those of the Chilean rose tarantula (Grammastola rosea) and the pinktoe tarantula (Avicularia avicularia), are fairly mild and innocuous to humans. Others, such as those of the Brazilian giant white knee tarantula ( Acanthoscurria geniculata ), are moderately irritating.
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G. rosea may refer to: Gabbiella rosea, a gastropod species endemic to Kenya; Gaertnera rosea, a plant species endemic to Sri Lanka; Geocrinia rosea, the karri or roseate frog, a frog species endemic to Southwest Australia; Grammostola rosea, the Chilean rose tarantula, the Chilean flame tarantula or Chilean fire tarantula, a spider species
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.
Lasiodora is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1850. [2] ... Lasiodora porteri Mello-Leitão, 1936 → Grammostola rosea;