Here is a species list with a little more general information if available and pictures of some species:
Thanks to Arachnofreaks member Darkeye for pronunciations! darkeye@arachnofreaks.com
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Acanthoscurria antillensis | "pink patch birdeater" |  |
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Acanthoscurria atrox | "Brazilian giant black" |
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Acanthoscurria chacoana | "Bolivian salmon pink" | ||
Acanthoscurria brockelhursti | "giant black and white" |
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Acanthoscurria fracta | "Para Mongo zebra" |
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Acanthoscurria geniculata | whitebanded tarantula | ||
Acanthoscurria insubtilis | "Bolivian black velvet" | ||
Acanthoscurria juruenicola | "Brazilian orange banded" |
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Acanthoscurria musculosa | "Brazilian black velvet" | |
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Acanthoscurria suina | "rusty brown birdeater" | |
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Acanthoscurria stenalis | "black rump birdeater" | ||
Aphonopelma anax | Texas tan tarantula | | |
Aphonopelma armada |
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Aphonopelma behlei | "Grand Canyon black" |
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Aphonopelma bicoloratum | Mexican bloodleg tarantula | | |
Aphonopelma burica | Costa Rican chestnutzebra tarantula | |
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Aphonopelma californicum | "California black and brown" |
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Aphonopelma caniceps | "Mexican black velvet" | |
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Aphonopelma chalcodes | desert blond tarantula | | |
Aphonopelma clarki | "Fort Worth brown" |
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Aphonopelma crinita | "Mexican green" | |
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Aphonopelma duplex | | ||
Aphonopelma eutylenum | California ebony tarantula | |
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Aphonopelma harlingenum | "Harlingen chocolate brown" |
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Aphonopelma hentzi | Texas brown tarantula | | |
Aphonopelma heterops | "Texas brown" | |
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Aphonopelma iodius | "Salt Lake county brown" |
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Aphonopelma jungi | "rodeo black" |
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Aphonopelma moderatum | Rio Grande gold tarantula | | |
Aphonopelma mojave | "Mojave desert dwarf" |
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Aphonopelma paloma | "Paloma dwarf" |
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Aphonopelma rusticum | "Arizona olive" | |
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Aphonopelma schmidti | "Superstition Mountain blonde" |
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Aphonopelma seemanni | Costa Rican zebra tarantula | | |
Aphonopelma steindachneri | | ||
Aphonopelma texense | "Texas starr" |
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Aphonopelma vorhiesi | "Tuscan bronze" | |
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Aphonopelma wichitanum | "Wichita Mountain red" |
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Avicularia aurantiaca | "yellow banded pinktoe" | ||
Avicularia avicularia | pinktoe tarantula | ||
Avicularia bicegoi | "Brazilian pinktoe" | ||
Avicularia bruanshauseni | "giant pinktoe" | ||
Avicularia caesia | ? | |
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Avicularia fasciculata | ? | |
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Avicularia geroldi | "Brazilian bluegreen pinktoe" | ||
Avicularia juruensis | yellowbanded tarantula | |
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Avicularia laeta | ? | | |
Avicularia metallica | white toe tarantula | | |
Avicularia minatrix | "Venezuelan red stripe" | | |
Avicularia nigrotaeniata | ? | |
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Avicularia pulchra | ? | |
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Avicularia purpurea | Ecuadorian purple tarantula | | |
Avicularia urticans | Peruvian pinktoe tarantula | | |
Avicularia variegata | ? | |
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Avicularia versicolor | Antilles pinktoe tarantula | | |
Bonnetina cyaneifemur | "Mexican blue femur" |
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Bonnetina rudloffi | "Michoacan Rustrump" | ||
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Brachypelma albopilosum | curlyhair tarantula | | |
Brachypelma anitha | ? | ||
Brachypelma angustum | Costa Rican red tarantula | | |
Brachypelma auratum | Mexican flameknee tarantula | | |
Brachypelma baumgarteni | Mexican orangebeauty tarantula | | |
Brachypelma boehmi | Mexican fireleg tarantula | | |
Brachypelma emilia | Mexican redleg tarantula | | |
Brachypelma epicureanum | Yucatan rustrump tarantula | | |
Brachypelma fossorium | ? | |
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Brachypelma klaasi | Mexican pink tarantula | | |
Brachypelma ruhnaui | "Mexican golden redrump" | ||
Brachypelma sabulosum | "Guatemalan redrump" | |
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Brachypelma smithi | Mexican redknee tarantula | | |
Brachypelma vagans | Mexican redrump tarantula | | |
Brachypelma verdezi | "Mexican rose grey" | ||
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Ceratogyrus bechuanicus | curvedhorn tarantula | |
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Ceratogyrus brachycephalus | greaterhorned tarantula | |
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Ceratogyrus darlingi | "African horned tarantula" | | |
Ceratogyrus marshalli | straighthorned tarantula | ||
Ceratogyrus meridionalis | " |
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Ceratogyrus sanderi | "sandy horned baboon" | ||
| Chaetopelma olivaceum | | ||
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Chilobrachys andersoni | Burmese mustard tarantula | |
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Chilobrachys fimbriatus | "Indian violet" | ||
Chilobrachys hauhini | "Hauhini bird spider" |
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Chilobrachys sericeus | Asian mustard tarantula | |
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Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens | greenbottle blue tarantula | | |
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Citharacanthus crinirufus | ? | |
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Citharacanthus longipes | ? | |
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Citharacanthus spinicrus | "Cuban cinnamon" |
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Citharischius crawshayi | king baboon tarantula | | |
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Coremiocnemis validus | "Malay reddish brown" | |
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Crassicrus lamanai | cinnamon tarantula | |
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Cyclosternum fasciatum | Costa Rican tigerrump tarantula | | |
Cyclosternum macropus | ? | |
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Cyclosternum pentalore | "Guatemalan tiger rump" |
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Cyclosternum schmardae | "yellow-banded birdeater" |
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Cyriopagopus paganus | Asian chevron tarantula |
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Cyriopagopus thorelli | "Malaysian earth tiger" | ||
Cyriopagopus schioedtei | "Malaysian earth tiger" | ||
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Cyrtopholis portoricae | "Puerto Rican pygmy" | |
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Ephebopus cyanognathus | "blue fang skeleton" | ||
Ephebopus fossor | ? | |
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Ephebopus murinus | skeleton tarantula | | |
Ephebopus rufescens | "burgundy skeleton" |
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Ephebopus uataman | "emerald skeleton" |
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Eucratoscelus longiceps | African redrump tarantula | |
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Eucratoscelus pachypus | "Tanzanian dwarf stoutleg" | ||
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Eupalaestrus campestratus | "pink zebra beauty" | ||
Eupalaestrus weijenberghi | whitecollared tarantula | | |
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Grammostola actaeon | "Brazilian redrump" |
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Grammostola alticeps | Brazilian greysmoke tarantula |
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Grammostola aureostriata | "chaco golden knee" | ||
Grammostola burzaquensis | Argentinean rose tarantula |
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Grammostola chacothrix | " |
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Grammostola grossa |
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Grammostola iheringi | Entre Rios tarantula |
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Grammostola mollicoma | "Brazilian giant tawny red" |
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Grammostola pulchra | Brazilian black tarantula | ||
Grammostola rosea | Chilean rose tarantula | ||
Grammostola vachoni | ? |
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Harpactira atra |
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Haplopelma albostriatum | "Thai zebra" | | |
Haplopelma aureopilosum | "Asian black" |
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Haplopelma lividum | cobalt blue tarantula | | |
Haplopelma minax | | ||
Haplopelma schmidti | "Chinese gold tiger" | ||
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Haplotremus albipes | ? | |
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Heteroscodra crassipes | Cameron brown tarantula | | |
Heteroscodra maculata | | ||
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Heterothele villosella | "Tanzanian chestnut" | |
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Holothele incei | " | ||
Holothele rondoni | ? |
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Hysterocrates apostolicus | "cricket legged baboon" |
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Hysterocrates ederi | " |
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Hysterocrates gigas | | ||
Hysterocrates laticeps | Nigerian rustleg tarantula | |
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Hysterocrates hercules | "Hercules baboon" | | |
Hysterocrates robustus | | ||
Hysterocrates scepticus | "giant olive-brown baboon" |
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Iridopelma hirsutum | "Amazon ribbed tree spider" | | |
Iridopelma zorodes | Brazilian purple tarantula | |
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Ischnocolus hancocki |
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Lampropelma nigerrium | "borneo" |
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Lampropelma violaceopes | "Malay blue femur" | | |
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Lasiodora cristata | "white striped birdeater" | ||
Lasiodora difficillis | "Brazilian fire red" | | |
Lasiodora erthrocithara | | ||
Lasiodora itabunae | ? |
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Lasiodora klugi | "scarlet birdeater" | | |
Lasiodora parahybana | Brazilian salmon tarantula | | |
Lasiodora striatipes | "Brazilian brown" |
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Lasiodorides polycuspulatus | "Peruvian blonde" |
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Lasiodorides striatus | stripeleg tarantula |
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Megaphobema mesomelas | Costa Rican redleg tarantula | | |
Megaphobema peterklaasi | "Costa Rican black velvet" | |
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Megaphobema robustum | Columbian giant tarantula | | |
Megaphobema velvetosoma | Ecuadorian brownvelvet tarantula |
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Metriopelma zebrata | Costa Rican suntiger tarantula | |
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Nhandu carapoensis | "Brazilian red" | | |
Nhandu chromatus | "Brazilian Red and White" | ||
Nhandu coloratovillosus | "Brazilian black and white" | ||
Nhandu vulpinus | "Brazilian giant blonde" |
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Ornithoctonus andersoni | Asian mahogany tarantula |
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Pachistopelma pulchra | ? |
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Pamphobeteus antinous | Bolivian blueleg tarantula | | |
Pamphobeteus ferox | ? |
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Pamphobeteus fortis | Columbian brown tarantula | | |
Pamphobeteus insignis | Columbian purplebloom tarantula | |
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Pamphobeteus nigricolor | common bluebloom tarantula | ||
Pamphobeteus ornatus | Columbian pinkbloom tarantula | ||
Pamphobeteus ulaltramarinus | "Ecuadorian birdeater" | | |
Pamphobeteus vespertinus | redbloom tarantula | | |
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Paraphysa scrofa | "Chilean copper" | | |
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Phlogiellus inermis | " |
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Phoneyusa celerierae | " |
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Phormictopus antillensis | " |
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Phormictopus atrichromatis | "red island birdeater" |
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Phormictopus cancerides | Haitian brown tarantula | | |
Phormictopus cubensis | "Cuban gold" |
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Phormictopus nesiotes | "Cuban gold birdeater" |
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Poecilotheria fasciata | Sri Lankan ornamental tarantula | | |
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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 | redslate ornamental tarantula | | |
Poecilotheria smithi | "yellow backed ornamental" |
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Poecilothria straita | " | ||
Poecilotheria subfusca | ivory ornamental tarantula | ||
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Psalmopoeus irminia | suntiger tarantula | | |
Psalmopoeus pulcher | " |
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Psalmopoeus reduncus | Costa Rican orangemouth tarantula |
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Pterinochilus hindei | "tan baboon" |
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Pterinochilus lugardi | "Fort Hall baboon" | ||
Pterinochilus murinus | Mombassa golden starburst tarantula | ||
Pterinochilus widenmanni | "Widenmanni baboon" |
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Reversopelma petersi | "Peruvian rusty" |
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Selenocosmia arndsti | " |
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Selenocosmia dichromata | "New Guinea black femur" |
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Selenocosmia javanensis | javan yellowknee tarantula |
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Selenocosmia lanipes | New Guinia brown tarantula |
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Sericopelma melanotarsum | "Costa Rican pink footed" |
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Sphaedrobathria hoffmanni | "Central American horned birdeater" |
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Stichoplastoris lingistylus | "El Salvador fawn birdeater" |
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Stromatopelma calceatum | featherleg tarantula | ||
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Tapinauchenius gigas | orange chevron tarantula | | |
Tapinauchenius plumipes | Trinidad mahogany tarantula | | |
Tapinauchenius purpureus | "purple tree spider" | | |
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Theraphosa apophysis | goliath pinkfoot tarantula | | |
Theraphosa blondi | goliath birdeater tarantula | | |
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Thrigmopoeus truculentus | "lesser Goa mustard" |
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Thrixopelma pruriens | "Chilean spiny" | ||
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Vitalius bucherli | ? |
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Vitalius platyomma | "Brazilian pink" |
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Vitalius roseus | "starburst birdeater" |
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Xenesthis immanis | Colombian lesserblack tarantula |
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Xenesthis intermedia | "Amazon blue bloom" |
