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Thrixopelma
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Thrixopelma

Thrixopelma is a genus of South American tarantulas that was first described by Günter E. W. Schmidt in 1994. They are medium to large tarantulas, usually being 35mm to 60mm in body length.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Peruvian Red-rump Tarantula

speciesThrixopelma ockerti

Thrixopelma supay

speciesThrixopelma supay

Thrixopelma choquequirao

speciesThrixopelma choquequirao

Thrixopelma michael

speciesThrixopelma michael

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 421553.