Species Repository
Browse care guides for exotic and reptile species. All information is for educational purposes and does not replace professional veterinary advice.
Antilles Pinktoe Tarantula
An arboreal tarantula endemic to the Caribbean island of Martinique, where it spins silk retreats in trees, s…
Arizona Blonde Tarantula
A desert tarantula from the south-western USA, mainly Arizona, where it lives in deep burrows dug under stone…
Bold Jumping Spider
Widespread across the USA, southern Canada and northern Mexico in grassland, open woodland, gardens and build…
Brazilian Black Tarantula
Native to southern Brazil near the Uruguayan border, where it lives in open grassland and forest edges and us…
Brazilian Red and White Tarantula
A large, heavy-bodied terrestrial tarantula from Brazil that digs its own burrow or takes over an existing on…
Brazilian Salmon Pink Birdeater
One of the largest tarantulas in the world, endemic to the Atlantic forest region of north-eastern Brazil, wh…
Brazilian Whiteknee Tarantula
Native to the lowland rainforest of the Amazon basin in northern Brazil, where it lives in burrows. A large, …
Carolina Wolf Spider
The largest wolf spider in North America, found from the eastern USA to the desert Southwest on open, flat gr…
Chaco Golden Knee Tarantula
A large, heavy-bodied terrestrial tarantula from the grasslands of Paraguay and Argentina in the Gran Chaco r…
Chilean Rose Tarantula
Native to the dry scrub and high desert of northern Chile, Bolivia and Argentina, where it lives in burrows f…
Cobalt Blue Tarantula
An Old World burrowing tarantula from tropical forest in Myanmar and neighbouring Thailand, where it spends a…
Costa Rican Zebra Tarantula
A burrowing terrestrial tarantula from semi-arid scrubland in western Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Honduras, whe…
Cupboard Spider (False Widow)
Native to Europe and temperate Asia and now found worldwide, it is established in houses across England, Wale…
Curly Hair Tarantula
Formally recorded from northern Costa Rica, with hobby stock also traced to Nicaragua and Honduras, it lives …
Golden Blue-leg Baboon
An Old World baboon spider from a small area of South Africa's Eastern Cape around Makhanda (Grahamstown), wh…
Goliath Birdeater
The world's heaviest spider, from rainforest in northern South America (Venezuela, the Guianas and northern B…
Gooty Sapphire Ornamental Tarantula
An arboreal Old World tarantula known in the wild only from a small, heavily degraded forest area in Andhra P…
Green Bottle Blue Tarantula
Native to the arid Paraguaná Peninsula of northern Venezuela, where it lives in heavily webbed burrows under …
Guatemalan Tiger Rump
A small terrestrial tarantula from southern Mexico and Central America (Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras).…
Heavy Jumping Spider
Found across South-East Asia and southern China in forests, gardens and urban areas. A large, heavy-bodied ju…
Indian Ornamental Tarantula
An arboreal Old World tarantula from southeastern India, where it lives in holes in tall trees and spins asym…
Mexican Fireleg Tarantula
A terrestrial tarantula from dry scrubland on the Pacific side of Guerrero, Mexico, where it lives in burrows…
Mexican Red Rump Tarantula
A burrowing terrestrial tarantula from southern Mexico, including the Yucatan Peninsula, and Central America …
Mexican Red-knee Tarantula
Native to the Pacific slopes of the Sierra Madre Occidental and Sierra Madre del Sur in Colima, Jalisco and M…
Orange Baboon Tarantula
An Old World baboon spider from central, eastern and southern Africa, including Angola, Kenya, Tanzania, Moza…
Pantropical Huntsman Spider
Found throughout the tropics and in heated buildings elsewhere, often in houses, barns and banana shipments, …
Pinktoe Tarantula
A tree-dwelling tarantula from the humid rainforests of northern South America and Trinidad and Tobago, inclu…
Regal Jumping Spider
Native to the south-eastern United States (especially Florida), the Bahamas and the Greater Antilles, where i…
Socotra Island Blue Baboon
An Old World tarantula found only on Socotra, an island belonging to Yemen, where it lives in a hot, fairly d…
Venezuelan Suntiger
An arboreal New World tarantula from Venezuela, Guyana and northern Brazil that builds webbed retreats in cre…