Pinktoe tarantula

Tags: Arachnid.

The pinktoe tarantula (Avicularia avicularia) is a species of tarantula native to South America Costa Rica to Brazil and the southern Caribbean. This species is sometimes called the Guyana pinktoe Common pinktoe or South American pinktoe.The mature pinktoe tarantula has a dark-colored body and pinkish feet hence its namesake. Juvenile specimens however have pinkish bodies and dark-colored feet.

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binomial authority

Carl Linnaeus, 10th edition of Systema Naturae

class

Arachnid

family

Tarantula

genus

Avicularia

kingdom

Animal

order

Spider

phylum

Arthropod

synonym

*Aranea avicularia, *Aranea vestiaria, *Avicularia vestaria, *Avicularia vestiaria, *Avicularia vulpina, *Mygale avicularia, *Mygale hirsutissima, *Mygale scoparia, *Mygale testacea