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Pinktoe Tarantulas
Avicularia
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. Each species in the genus has very distinguishable pink foot pads.
Species belonging to this genus are amongst the relatively small exception of tarantulas that can jump moderate distances as juveniles, with most tarantulas being limited to lunges of 3-4 centimeters.
13 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Pinktoe Tarantula
speciesAvicularia avicularia
Yellow-banded Pinktoe Tarantula
speciesAvicularia juruensis
Yellow-banded Pinktoe Tarantula
speciesAvicularia rufa
Purple Pinktoe Tarantula
speciesAvicularia purpurea
Grizzled Pinktoe Tarantula
speciesAvicularia variegata
Avicularia hirschii
speciesAvicularia hirschii
Avicularia merianae
speciesAvicularia merianae
Avicularia taunayi
speciesAvicularia taunayi
Avicularia lynnae
speciesAvicularia lynnae
Venezuelan Red-striped Tarantula
speciesAvicularia minatrix
Avicularia huriana
speciesAvicularia huriana
Avicularia glauca
speciesAvicularia glauca
Avicularia caei
speciesAvicularia caei
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 68741.