Avicularia variegata F.O.Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 is a animal in the Theraphosidae family, order Araneae, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Avicularia variegata F.O.Pickard-Cambridge, 1896

Avicularia variegata F.O.Pickard-Cambridge, 1896

Avicularia variegata is a Theraphosidae spider species found in Venezuela and northern Brazil, kept as a pet under multiple common names.

Family
Genus
Avicularia
Order
Araneae
Class
Arachnida

About Avicularia variegata F.O.Pickard-Cambridge, 1896

Avicularia variegata F.O.Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 is a species of spider in the tarantula family Theraphosidae. It was originally described as a subspecies, Avicularia avicularia variegata, and the species name Avicularia bicegoi is a synonym of this species. When sold as pets, this species has been given different common English names tied to its various scientific names. When referred to as A. avicularia variegata, it is commonly called the grizzled pinktoe. When referred to under its synonym A. bicegoi, common English names reference the red abdominal hairs seen in one color form: these names include Manaus brick-red rump tree spider and brick red pink toe. This species is distributed in Venezuela and the northern Brazilian states of Roraima, Amapá, Amazonas, and Pará.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Arachnida Araneae Theraphosidae Avicularia

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