- TARANTULA SCIENTIFIC TO COMMON NAMES

Scientific Name	Common Name	TYPE	Behavior	Distribution	Habitat	Max Size
Acanthoscurria brocklehursti	Giant Black and White	New World	Terrestrial	North Brazil	Forests
Acanthoscurria chacoana	Bolivian Red Rump	New World	Terrestrial	Bolivia	Forests
Acanthoscurria geniculata	Giant White Knee	New World	Terrestrial	Brazil	Forests
Acanthoscurria suina	Rusty Brown Birdeater	New World	Terrestrial	Uruguay	Rainforest
Ami sp. Panama		New World	Terrestrial	Panama
Aphonopelma bicoloratum	Mexican Blood Leg	New World	Terrestrial	US	Desert
Aphonopelma chalcodes	Desert Blonde Tarantula	New World	Terrestrial	Arizona	Desert
Aphonopelma moderatum	Rio Grande gold	New World	Terrestrial	Texas	Desert
Aphonopelma seemani	Costa Rican Zebra	New World	Terrestrial	Nicaragua	Grasslands
Augacephalus ezendami		Old World	Burrowing	Mozambique	Grasslands
Augacephalus junodi	Golden Baboon	Old World	Burrowing	South Africa	Grasslands
Avicularia avicularia	Pink toe	New World	Arboreal	Guyana	Rainforest
Avicularia braunshaunsheni	Goliath Pink toe	New World	Arboreal	North Brazil	Rainforest
Avicularia diversipes	Amazon Sapphire Pink Toe	New World	Arboreal	Brazil	Rainforest
Avicularia geroldi	Brazilian Blue and Red Pinktoe	New World	Arboreal	Brazil	Rainforest
Avicularia huriana	Ecuadorian Wooly Pink Toe	New World	Arboreal	Ecuador	Rainforest
Avicularia juruensis	Yellow Banded Pink Toe	New World	Arboreal	Rondonia, Brazil	Rainforest
Avicularia laeta	Puerto Rican Pink Toe	New World	Arboreal	Puerto Rico	Rainforest
Avicularia minatrix	Venezuelan Redslate Pink Toe	New World	Arboreal	Falcon State, Venezuela	Hills, semi-arid
Avicularia versicolor	Antilles pink toe	New World	Arboreal	Martinique Guadelupe	Rainforest
Brachypelma albiceps	Mexican Golden Red Rump	New World	Terrestrial	South-Central Mexico	Humid Forests
Brachypelma albopilosum	Honduras Curly Hair	New World	Terrestrial	Honduras Mexico CostaRica	Tropical Forest
Brachypelma annitha	Mexican Giant Red Knee	New World	Terrestrial	Mexico	Dry scrubland
Brachypelma auratum	Mexican Flame Knee	New World	Terrestrial	South-West Mexico	Dry scrubland
Brachypelma boehmei	Mexican Fireleg	New World	Terrestrial	West Coast, Mexico	Dry Earth
Brachypelma emilia	Mexican Redleg	New World	Terrestrial	West Coast, Mexico	Dry scrubland
Brachypelma klaasi	Mexican Pink	New World	Terrestrial	Western Mexico	Dry scrubland
Brachypelma schroederi	Mexican Black Velvet	New World	Terrestrial	Mexico	Dry scrubland
Brachypelma smithi	Mexican Red Knee	New World	Terrestrial	West Coast, Mexico	Dry scrubland
Brachypelma vagans	Mexican Red Rump	New World	Terrestrial	Southern Mexico	Dry scrubland
Ceratogyrus darlingi	East African Horned Baboon	Old World	Burrowing	Zimbabwe	Dry scrubland
Ceratogyrus marshalli	Straight Horned Baboon	Old World	Burrowing	Mozambique, Zimbabwe	Dry scrubland
Ceratogyrus meridionalis	Zimbabwe Grey Mustard Baboon	Old World	Burrowing	Malawi, Mozambique	Dry scrubland
Ceratogyrus sanderi	Sandy Horned Baboon	Old World	Burrowing	Namibia, Zimbabwe	Dry scrubland
Chilobrachys fimbriatus	Indian violet	Old World	Burrowing	Khandala & Satara, India	Tropical Forest
Chilobrachys huahini	Asian Giant Fawn	Old World	Burrowing	Thailand	Tropical Forest
Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens	Green Bottle Blue	New World	Terrestrial	North Venezuela	Dry Earth
Cyclosternum fasciatum	Costa Rica Tiger Rump	Old World	Terrestrial	Costa Rica	Tropical Forest
Cyclosternum schmardae	Yellow Banded Birdeater	Old World	Terrestrial	Peru, Ecuador	Tropical Forest
Cyriocosmus bertae	Peruvian Dwarf Beauty.	New World	Burrowing	Peru, Belize	Tropical Forest
Cyriocosmus elegans	Trinidad Dwarf Tiger Rump	New World	Burrowing	Orinoco, Venezuela	Tropical Forest	2 inches
Cyriocosmus perezmilesi	Bolivian Dwarf Beauty	New World	Burrowing	Bolivia	Tropical Forest
Cyriopagopus schiodtei	Malaysian Giant Earth Tiger	Old World	Arboreal	Malaysia
Ephebopus murinus	Skeleton Tarantula	New World	Burrowing	French Guyana	Lowland forest	5 inches
Eucratoscelus pachypus	Stout Leg Baboon	Old World	Terrestrial	Nigeria, Tanzania, Kenya		4 inches
Grammostola iheringi	Entre Rios	New World	Terrestrial	Brazil	Tropical Forest
Grammostola mollicoma	Brazilian Giant Tawny Red	New World	Terrestrial	Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay	Dry scrubland
Grammostola pulchra	Brazilian Black	New World	Terrestrial	Brazil	Dry scrubland
Grammostola pulchripes	Chaco Golden Knee	New World	Terrestrial	Paraguay, Argentina	Dry scrubland
Hapalopus sp groB	Pumpkin Patch	New World	Terrestrial	Brazil
Haplopelma albostriatum	Thai Zebra	Old World	Burrowing	Thailand	Tropical Forest
Haplopelma hainanum	Chinese Black Earth Tiger	Old World	Burrowing	China	Tropical Forest
Haplopelma lividum	Cobalt Blue	Old World	Burrowing	Thailand	Tropical Forest
Heteroscodra maculata	Togo Starburst Baboon	Old World	Arboreal	Ghana, Togo	Shrubs, humid forest
Heterothele villosella	Tanzanian Chestnut Baboon	Old World	Burrowing	Usambara Mtn, Tanzania
Holothele incei "gold"	Trinidad Olive "gold"	New World	Burrowing	Trinidad Island
Idiothele mira	Blue foot Tarantula	Old World	Burrowing	South Africa
Iridopelma sp. Recife		New World	Arboreal	Brazil
Lampropelma sp. Borneo black	Borneo Black	Old World	Arboreal	Borneo	Rainforest
Lampropelma violaceopes	Singapore Blue	Old World	Arboreal	Pahang, W. Malaysia	Rainforest
Lasiodora difficilis	Paulo Fiery Red Rump	New World	Terrestrial	Brazil	Rainforest
Lasiodora itabunae		New World	Terrestrial	Brazil	Rainforest
Lasiodora klugi	Bahia Scarlet	New World	Terrestrial	Brazil	Rainforest
Lasiodora parahybana	Salmon Pink Birdeater	New World	Terrestrial	Brazil	Rainforest
Lasiodorides polycuspulatus		New World	Terrestrial	Peru	Damp, Warm
Lasiodorides striatus	Srtriped Leg Birdeater	New World	Terrestrial	Peru
Monocentropus balfouri	Socotra Island Blue Baboon	Old World	Burrowing	Socotra Madagascar Yemen
Nhandu carapoensis	Brazilian Red	New World	Terrestrial	Brazil, Paraguay	Tropical Forest
Nhandu chromatus	Brazilian Red and White	New World	Terrestrial	Brazil	Tropical Forest
Nhandu tripepii	Brazilian Giant Blonde	New World	Terrestrial	Brazil	Tropical Forest
Ornithoctonus aureotibialis	Thailand Golden Fringe	Old World	Terrestrial	Thailand
Paraphysa parvula		New World	Terrestrial	Chile, Argentina
Phormictopus auratus	Golden Cuban	New World	Terrestrial	Holguin, Cuba	Tropical Forest
Phormictopus cancerides	Dominican Giant Brown	New World	Terrestrial	Cuba, Dominican Rep, Haiti	Tropical Forest	7 inches
Poecilotheria fasciata	Sri Lankan Ornamental	Old World	Arboreal	Sri Lanka	Tropical Forest
Poecilotheria formosa	Salem Ornamental	Old World	Arboreal	SW India	Tropical Forest
Poecilotheria hanumavilasumica	Rameshwaram Ornamental	Old World	Arboreal	Ramanthapuram dist, India	Palm Plantations
Poecilotheria metallica	Gooty Sapphire Ornamental	Old World	Arboreal	Andhra Pradesh, India	Deciduous forest
Poecilotheria miranda	Bengal Spotted Ornamental	Old World	Arboreal	Chhota Nagpur, East India	Deciduous forest
Poecilotheria ornata	Fringed Ornamental	Old World	Arboreal	Sri Lanka	Tropical Forest
Poecilotheria pederseni	Pedersen's Ornamental	Old World	Arboreal	India	Tropical Forest
Poecilotheria regalis	Indian Ornamental	Old World	Arboreal	India	Tropical Forest
Poecilotheria rufilata	Red slate Ornamental	Old World	Arboreal	Western Ghats, India	Evergreen Forest
Poecilotheria striata	Mysore Ornamental	Old World	Arboreal	Southern India	Deciduous forest
Psalmopoeus cambridgei	Trinidad Chevron	New World	Arboreal	Trinidad Island	Humid Forests
Psalmopoeus irminia	Venezuelan Suntiger	New World	Arboreal	Venezuela	Humid Forests
Psalmopoeus pulcher	Panama Blonde	New World	Arboreal	Panama	Humid Forests
Psalmopoeus reduncus	Costa Rican Chevron	New World	Arboreal	Costa Rica	Humid Forests
Pseudhapalopus sp blau	Blue Rump	New World	Burrowing	Colombia
Pterinochilus chordatus	Kilimanjaro Baboon	Old World	Terrestrial	Tanzania, Kenya	semi dry highland
Pterinochilus lugardi	Fort Hall Baboon	Old World	Terrestrial	Tanzania, Kenya	semi dry highland
Pterinochilus murinus	Usambara Orange Baboon	Old World	Terrestrial	Tanzania	semi dry highland	5.5 inches
Selenocosmia arndsti	New Guinea Rust Orange	Old World	Burrowing	New Guinea	Tropical Forest
Selenocosmia crassipes	Barking Birdeater	Old World	Burrowing	Queensland	Tropical Forest
Selenocosmia sp. Eunice		Old World	Burrowing		Tropical Forest
Tapinauchenius cupreus	Violet Tree Spider	New World	Arboreal		Tropical Forest
Tapinauchenius elenae	Ecuador Tree Spider	New World	Arboreal	Rio Momon, Peru	Tropical Forest
Tapinauchenius gigas	Red Tree Spider	New World	Arboreal	Venezuela, Guyana	Tropical Forest
Tapinauchenius latipes	Ghost Tree Spider	New World	Arboreal	Puerto Cabello, Venezuela	Tropical Forest
Tapinauchenius subcaeruleus	Metallic Tree Spider	New World	Arboreal	Ecuador	Tropical Forest
Theraposa apophysis	Pink Footed Goliath Birdeater	New World	Terrestrial	Venezuela	Tropical Forest
Theraposa stirmi	Goliath Burgundy Birdeater	New World	Terrestrial	Brazil	Tropical Forest
Thrixopelma ockerti	Peruvian Orange Rump	New World	Terrestrial	Peru