THIS PAGE IS CONSTANT WORK IN PROGRESS… Something that’s challenging for all of us at some stage or another, is knowing either the common or scientific names of the many tarantulas that are available in the world today.
It’s bad enough that scientists seem to have made an epic mess of the whole lot, but they still seem to be arguing and disagreeing on what the correct scientific names are for various species as names are still changing quite regularly, like the recent changes to Davus, Avicularia, Caribena and Ybyrapora species. It’s hard enough that these names are a mouthful to say, let alone remember, but it has an affect on the common names of certain species, effectively confusing the pawpaw out of everyone.
Below is a listing that we found online here. We will improve and make corrections to this list as necessary over time, and please by all means let us know if you have any updated info on any of these names or if you see any errors that may need correction.
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| SCIENTIFIC NAME | COMMON NAME (KNOWN) |
|---|---|
| Acanthoscurria antillensis | Pink Patch Tarantula |
| Acanthoscurria atrox | Brazilian Giant Black |
| Acanthoscurria chacoana | Bolivian Red Rump |
| Acanthoscurria brockelhursti | Giant Black & White Banded |
| Acanthoscurria fracta | Para Mongo Zebra |
| Acanthoscurria geniculata | Giant White Knee |
| Acanthoscurria insubtilis | Bolivian White Knee |
| Acanthoscurria juruenicola | Brazilian Orange Banded |
| Acanthoscurria musculosa | Brazilian Black Velvet |
| Acanthoscurria suina | Rusty Brown Bird Eater |
| Acanthoscurria stenalis | Argentina Black Rump |
| Aphonopelma anax | Texas Tan |
| Aphonopelma abberans | Casablanca Chestnut |
| Aphonopelma armada | Texas Black Spot |
| Aphonopelma behlei | Grand Canyon Black |
| Aphonopelma bicoloratum | Mexican Blood Leg |
| Aphonopelma burica | Costa Rican Chestnut Zebra Tarantula |
| Aphonopelma californicum | California Ebony Tarantula |
| Aphonopelma caniceps | Mexican Orange Rump |
| Aphonopelma chacoana | Bolivian Red Rump |
| Aphonopelma chalcodes | Desert Blonde |
| Aphonopelma clarki | Fort Worth Brown |
| Aphonopelma crinite | Mexican Green |
| Aphonopelma duplex | Unknown |
| Aphonopelma eutylenum | Unknown |
| Aphonopelma harlingenum | Harlingen Chocolate Brown |
| Aphonopelma hentzi | Oklahoma Brown |
| Aphonopelma heterops | Texas Brown |
| Aphonopelma iodium | Washington Rust |
| Aphonopelma iodius | Fresno County Brown |
| Aphonopelma jungi | Rodeo Black |
| Aphonopelma moderatum | Rio Grande Gold |
| Aphonopelma Mojave | Mojave Desert Dwarf |
| Aphonopelma paloma | Paloma Dwarf |
| Aphonopelma rusticum | Arizona Olive |
| Aphonopelma seemanni | Costa Rican Zebra |
| Aphonopelma smithi | Bay Area Blonde |
| Aphonopelma steindachneri | Unknown |
| Aphonopelma texense | Rio Grande Copper |
| Aphonopelma vorhiesi | Tuscan Bronze |
| Aphonopelma wichitanum | Wichita Mountain Red |
| Avicularia aurantiaca | Yellow Banded Pink Toe |
| Avicularia avicularia | Pink Toe |
| Avicularia azuraklaasi | Powder Blue Pink Toe |
| Avicularia bicegoi / variegata (Amazonica) | Brick Red Pink Toe |
| Avicularia bruanshauseni | Goliath Pink Toe |
| Avicularia caesia | Unknown |
| Avicularia fasciculata | Amazon Sapphire Pink Toe |
| Avicularia geroldi | Brazil Pink Toe |
| Avicularia huriana | Ecuadorian Pink Toe |
| Avicularia juruensis | Yellow Banded Pink Toe |
| Avicularia laeta | Puerto Rican Pink Toe |
| Avicularia metallica | American Pink Toe |
| Avicularia minatrix | Venezuelan Red Stripe |
| Avicularia nigrotaeniata | Unknown |
| Avicularia sp. Pucallpa | Pucallpa Pink Toe |
| Avicularia pulchra | Unknown |
| Avicularia purpurea | Purple Pink Toe |
| Avicularia ulrichea | Pink Toe |
| Avicularia urticans | Golden Pink Toe |
| Avicularia variegata | Brick Red Pink Toe |
| Avicularia velutina | Trinidad Pink Toe |
| Avicularia versicolor | Antilles Pink Toe |
| Bonnetina cyaneifemur | Mexican Blue Femur |
| Bonnetina rudloffi | Michoacan Beauty |
| Brachypelma / Tliltocatl albopilosum | Curly Hair |
| Brachypelma anitha | Mexican Giant Orange Knee |
| Brachypelma angustum | Guatemalan Red Rump |
| Brachypelma auratum | Mexican Flame Knee |
| Brachypelma baumgarteni | Mexican Orange Beauty |
| Brachypelma boehmei | Mexican Fire Leg |
| Brachypelma emilia | Mexican Red Leg |
| Brachypelma / Tliltocatl epicureanum | Yucatan Rust Rump |
| Brachypelma fossorium | Unknown |
| Brachypelma / Tliltocatl kahlenbergi | Veracruz Red Rump | Kahlenberg's Red R |
| Brachypelma klaasi | Mexican Pink |
| Brachypelma pallidum | Mexican Rose Grey |
| Brachypelma ruhnaui | Mexican Golden Red Rump |
| Brachypelma / Tliltocatl sabulosum | Guatamalan Red Rump |
| Brachypelma / Tliltocatl schroederi | Mexican Black Velvet |
| Brachypelma smithi | Mexican Red Knee |
| Brachypelma / Tliltocatl vagans | Mexican Red Rump |
| Brachypelma / Tliltocatl verdezi | Mexican Rose Grey |
| Ceratogyrus bechuanicus | Curved Horned Baboon |
| Ceratogyrus brachycephalus | Greater Horned Tarantula |
| Ceratogyrus darlingi | African Horned Tarantula |
| Ceratogyrus marshalli | Straight Horned Baboon |
| Ceratogyrus meridionalis | Zimbabwe Grey |
| Ceratogyrus sanderi | Sandy Horned Baboon |
| Chaetopelma olivaceum | Unknown |
| Chaetpelma shabati | Unknown |
| Chilobrachys andersoni | Burmese Mustard |
| Chilobrachys bicolor | Asian Two Tone |
| Chilobrachys brevipes | Burmese Olive |
| Chilobrachys burmensis | Burmese Bird Eater |
| Chilobrachys dyscolus | Burma Chocolate Brown |
| Chilobrachys fimbriatus | Indian Violet |
| Chilobrachys 'gaungxenisis' | Burmese Brown |
| Chilobrachys hauhini | Thai Red |
| Chilobrachys sericeus | Costa Rican Blue Front |
| Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens | Green Bottle Blue |
| Citharacanthus crinirufus | Costa Rican Blue Front |
| Citharacanthus longipes | Unknown |
| Citharacanthus spinicrus | Cuban Cinnamon |
| Citharischius crawshayi | King Baboon |
| Coremiocnemis validus | Singapore Brown |
| Crassicrus lamanai | Belize Cinnamon |
| Cyriocosmus elegans | Trinidad Dwarf Tiger Rump |
| Cyclosternum fasciatum | Costa Rican Tiger Rump |
| Cyclosternum macropus | Unknown |
| Cyclosternum pentalore | Guatemalan Tiger Rump |
| Cyriocosmus perezmilesi | Bolivian Dwarf Beauty |
| Cyclosternum schmardae | Costa Rican Green Rump |
| Cyriopagopus albostriatus | Malayan Striped Leg |
| Cyriopagopus lividum | Cobalt Blue |
| Cyriopagopus longipes | Vietnamese Tiger Rump |
| Cyriopagopus minax | Thailand Black / Big Black |
| Cyriopagopus paganus | Thai Tiger |
| Cyriopagopus thorelli | Malaysian Earth Tiger |
| Cyriopagopus schioedtei | Malaysian Earth Tiger |
| Cyrtopholis cursor | Puerto Rico |
| Cyrtopholis portoricae | Puerto Rican Pygmy |
| Davus fasciatus | Costa Rican Tiger Rump |
| Davus pentaloris | Guatemala Tiger Rump |
| Encyocratella olivacea | Tanzanian Black & Olive |
| Ephebopus cyanognathus | Blue Fang |
| Ephebopus murinus | Yellow Knee Skeleton |
| Ephebopus rufescens | Red Skeleton |
| Ephebopus uataman | Emerald Skeleton |
| Euathlus pulcherrimaklaasi | Blue Femur Beauty |
| Eucratoscelus longiceps | African Red Rump Tarantula |
| Eucratoscelus pachypus | Stout Legged Baboon |
| Eupalaestrus campestratus | Pink Zebra Beauty |
| Eupalaestrus weijenberghi | White Collar |
| Euathlus pulcherrimaklassi | Green Femur Beauty |
| Euathlus species | Chilean Yellow Patch |
| Euathlus species | Velvet Mountain Beauty |
| Grammostola actaeon | Giant Brazilian Red Rump |
| Grammostola alticeps | Brazilian Grey Smoke |
| Grammostola burzaquensis | Argentinian Rose Tarantula |
| Grammostola chacothrix | Chile Blue |
| Grammostola grossa | Giant Tawny Red |
| Grammostola iheringi | Entre Rios |
| Grammostola mollicoma | Brazilian Giant Tawny Red |
| Grammostola porter | Atacama Chile Rose |
| Grammostola pulchra | Chile Black |
| Grammostola pulchripes | Chaco Golden Knee |
| Grammostola rosea | Chilean Rose |
| Grammostola vachoni | Unknown |
| Hapalopus sp. Colombia | Pumpkin Patch |
| Haplopelma aureopilosum | Asian Black |
| Haplopelma schmidti | Chinese Golden Earth Tiger |
| Haplotremus albipes | Unknown |
| Harpactira atra | Golden Baboon |
| Harpactira pulchripes | Golden Blue Leg Baboon |
| Harpactira marksi | Elizabethfontein Baboon |
| Hemericius inflatus | Dwarf Bird Eater |
| Heteroscodra crassipes | Cameron Brown Tarantula |
| Heteroscodra maculata | Togo Starburst Baboon |
| Heterothele gabonensis | Gabon Blue Dwarf Baboon |
| Heterothele villosella | Tanzanian Chestnut |
| Holothele incei | Trinidad Olive |
| Holothele sanguiniceps | Trinidad Pink |
| Holothele Sp. Tachira | Venezuela Blue Leg |
| Holothele rondoni | Unknown |
| Hysterocrates apostolicus | Cricket Legged Baboon |
| Hysterocrates crassipes | Cameroon Brown Baboon |
| Hysterocrates ederi | Guinea Black Bird Eater |
| Hysterocrates gigas | Cameroon Red Baboon |
| Hysterocrates laticeps | Nigerian Rust Leg Tarantula |
| Hysterocrates Hercules | Hercules Baboon |
| Hysterocrates robustus | Unknown |
| Hysterocrates scepticus | Sao Tome Giant Olive-Brown Baboon Tarantula |
| Idiothele mira | Blue Foot Baboon |
| Iridopelma hirsutum | Amazon Ribbed Tree Spider |
| Iridopelma zorodes | Brazilian Purple Tarantula |
| Ischnocolus hancocki | Unknown |
| Lampropelma nigerrium | Borneo Black |
| Lampropelma violaceopes | Malay Blue Femur |
| Lasiodora cristata | White Striped Bird Eater |
| Lasiodora difficillis | Paulo Fiery Red Rump |
| Lasiodora erthrocithara | Unknown |
| Lasiodora fracta | Dusky Black Bird Eater |
| Lasiodora itabunae | Unknown |
| Lasiodora klugi | Bahia Scarlet Bird Eater |
| Lasiodora parahybana | Salmon Pink Bird Eater |
| Lasiodora striatipes | Bahia Gray Bird Eater |
| Lasiodora striatus | Goliath Stripe Leg |
| Lasiodorides polycuspulatus | Peru Blonde |
| Lyrognathus giannisposatoi | Sumatran Stout Leg |
| Maraca horrid | Amazon Slender Leg |
| Megaphobema mesomelas | Costa Rican Red Leg |
| Megaphobema peterklaasi | Costa Rican Black Velvet |
| Megaphobema robustum | Giant Columbian Red Leg |
| Megaphobema velvetosoma | Ecuadorian Brown Velvet Tarantula |
| Metriopelma zebrata | Costa Rican Sun Tiger Tarantula |
| Nhandu carapoensis | Brazilian Red |
| Nhandu chromatus | Brazil Striped |
| Nhandu coloratovillosus | Brazilian Black And White |
| Nhandu vulpinus | Brazilian Giant Blonde |
| Ornithoctonus andersoni | Asian Mahogany Tarantula |
| Ornithoctonus aureotibialis | Thailand Golden Fringe |
| Pachistopelma pulchra | Unknown |
| Pamphobeteus antinous | Colombian Steely Blue Bird Eater |
| Pamphobeteus ferox | Unknown |
| Pamphobeteus fortis | Colombian Giant Brown Bird Eater |
| Pamphobeteus insignis | Colombian Purple Bloom Tarantula |
| Pamphobeteus nigricolor | Giant Blue Bloom Bird Eater |
| Pamphobeteus ornatus | Colombian Pink Bloom Tarantula |
| Pamphobeteus ulaltramarinus | Ecuadorian Bird Eater |
| Pamphobeteus vespertinus | Red Bloom Bird Eater |
| Paraphysa parvula | Chile Gold Burst |
| Paraphysa pigmea | Chile Pygmy |
| Paraphysa scrofa | Chilean Copper |
| Phlogiellus inermis | Singapore Brown |
| Phoneyusa celerierae | Ivory Coast |
| Phormictopus antillensis | Unknown |
| Phormictopus atrichromatis | Red Island Bird Eater |
| Phormictopus auratus | Cuban Bronze |
| Phormictopus cancerides | Haitian Brown |
| Phormictopus cubensis | Cuban Gold |
| Phormictopus nesiotes | Cuban Gold Bird Eater |
| Poecilotheria fasciata | Sri-Lanka Ornamental Tarantula |
| Poecilotheria formosa | Salem Ornamental Tarantula |
| Poecilotheria metallica | Gooty Sapphire Ornamental |
| Poecilotheria miranda | Bengal Spotted Ornamental |
| Poecilotheria ornata | Fringed Ornamental Tarantula |
| Poecilotheria pederseni | Pederson's Ornamental |
| Poecilotheria regalis | Indian Ornamental Tarantula |
| Poecilotheria rufilata | Red Slate Ornamental Tarantula |
| Poecilotheria smithi | Yellow Backed Ornamental |
| Poecilothria straita | Mysore Ornamental |
| Poecilotheria subfusca | Ivory Ornamental Tarantula (Highland & Lowland) |
| Psalmopoeus cambridgei | Trinidad Chevron |
| Psalmopoeus irminia | Venezuelan Sun Tiger |
| Psalmopoeus pulcher | Panama Blonde |
| Psalmopoeus reduncus | Costa Rican Chevron |
| Pterinochilus hindei | Tan Baboon |
| Pterinochilus chordates | Kilimanjaro Baboon |
| Pterinochilus lugardi | Tanzanian Blonde Baboon |
| Pterinochilus murinus | Usumbara Orange Baboon Tarantula / OBT |
| Pterinochilus widenmanni | Widenmanni Baboon |
| Reversopelma petersi | Peruvian Rusty |
| Selenocosmia arndsti | New Guinea Rust Orange |
| Selenocosmia crassipes | Queensland Whistling/Barking Tarantula |
| Selenocosmia dichromata | New Guinea Black Femur |
| Selenocosmia javanensis | Java Yellow Knee |
| Selenocosmia lanipes | New Guinea Brown Tarantula |
| Selenocosmia peerboomi | Philippine Grey Leg |
| Selenocosmia philippinus | Philippine Orange |
| Sericopelma melanotarsum | Costa Rican Pink Footed |
| Selenocosmia sarina | Queensland Whistling/Barking Tarantula (Sister Species) |
| Sphaedrobathria hoffmanni | Central American Horned Bird Eater |
| Stichoplastoris lingistylus | El Salvador Fawn Bird Eater |
| Stromatopelma calceatum | Feather Leg Baboon |
| Tapinauchenius cupreus | Violet Tree Spider |
| Tapinauchenius elenae | Ecuador Tree Spider |
| Tapinauchenius gigas | Orange Tree Spider |
| Tapinauchenius plumipes | Trinidad Mahogany Tarantula |
| Tapinauchenius purpureus | Purple Tree Spider |
| Tapinauchenius subcaeruleus | Metallic Tree Spider |
| Theraphosa apophysis | Pink Foot Goliath Bird Eater |
| Theraphosa blondi | Goliath Bird Eater |
| Thrigmopoeus truculentus | Lesser Goa Mustard Tarantula |
| Thrixopelma pruriens | Peruvian Green Velvet |
| Thrixopelma Cyaneum | Cobalt Red Rump |
| Thrixopelma ockerti | Peruvian Orange Rump |
| Vitalius bucherli | Unknown |
| Vitalius paranaensis | Brazilian Brown Bird Eater |
| Vitalius sorocabae | Brazilian Scarlet Bird Eater |
| Vitalius platyomma | Brazilian Pink |
| Vitalius roseus | Giant Pink Starburst |
| Xenesthis immanis | Colombian Lesser Black / Colombian Purple Bloom |
| Xenesthis intermedia | Amazon Blue Bloom Tarantula |
