← Back

Brazilian salmon tarantula

Lasiodora parahybana

Classification

Order
Araneae

Lasiodora parahybana, the Brazilian salmon pink bird-eating tarantula, also simply known as the salmon pink or LP, is a tarantula from north-eastern Brazil and considered to be the fourth largest tarantula in the world (behind the three species in the genus Theraphosa). It was discovered and described in 1917 by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão, in Paraíba, where the tarantula is endemic. They are popular pets in the tarantula hobby due to their large size and readiness to breed.

Distribution

(c) Richard Adams, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY
Loading map…
Countries in the Picchu catalog
Brazil · 335