scientific to common

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Acanthoscurria chacoana /formally A.verdezi = Bolivian red rump

Acanthoscurria geniculata = Brazilian giant white knee

Acanthoscurria insubtilis = Bolivian white knee

Acanthoscurria jurvenicola = Matto-grosso violet purple rump

Acanthoscurria suina = Sulpher brown

Aphonopelma anax =Texas tan

Aphonopelma bicolouratum = Mexican blood leg

Aphonopelma caniceps = big bend gold carapace

Aphonopelma chalcodes = Mexican blonde / Desert blonde

Aphonopelma eutylenum =California ebony

Aphonopelma hentzi =Texas brown

Aphonopelma moderatum =Rio Grande gold

Aphonopelma rusticum =Arizona olive

Aphonopelma seemanni = Costa Rican zebra

Avicularia avicularia = Pink toe tarantula

Avicularia metalica = White toe

Avicularia purpurea = Ecuador Purple pink toe

Avicularia urticans =Peruvian pink toe

Avicularia versicolour = Antilles pink toe

Brachypelma albopilosum = Honduras curly hair

Brachypelma angustum =Costa Rican red

Brachypelma auratum = Mexican flame knee

Brachypelma baumgarteni =Mexican orange beauty

Brachypelma boehmi - Mexican fire leg, Mexicanbeauty

Brachypelma emilia = Mexican true red leg

Brachypelma epicureanum =Yucatan rust rump

Brachypelma klaasi =Mexican pink

Brachypelma smithi = Mexican red knee

Brachypelma vagans = Mexican red rump

Ceratogyrus bechuanicus = Burst horned baboon

Ceratogyrus brachycephalus = Greater horned baboon

Ceratogyrus darlingi = East African horned baboon

Ceratogyrus marshalli = Straight horned baboon

Ceratogyrus meridionalis = Zimbabwe grey / grey mustard

Chilobrachys andersoni = Burmese mustard

Chilobrachys sericeus =Asian / Rangoon mustard

Cromatopelma cyaneopubescens = Green bottle blue

Citharacanthus spinicrus = Haitian cinnamon

Citharischius crawshayi = King baboon

Crassicrus lamanai = Cinnamon

Cyclosterum fasciata = Tiger rump doppelganger

Davus penaloris = Mexican giant tiger

Ephobupos cyanognathus = Blue fang

Ephobupos murinus = Yellow flame knee

Ephobupos ruficens = Burgundy skeleton

Eucratoscelus longiceps =Stoutleg baboon

Eupalaestrus camperstratus = Pink zebra beauty

Grammostola alticeps = Brazilian smoky grey

Grammostola burzaquensis =Argentinean rose

Grammostola grossa = Pampas tawny red

Grammostola iheringi = Entre Rios

Grammostola pulchra = Brazilian black

Grammostola rosea = Chilean rose hair, Chile rose

Grammostola aureostriata = Chaco golden striped

Haplopelma albostriata = Thai zebra

Haplopelma lividum = Cobalt blue

Haplopelma minax = Thai black

Heteroscodra maculatra = Togo ornamental baboon, Ornamental baboon, Starburst baboon

Holothele incei = Trinidad olive

Hysterocrates crassipes = Cameroon brown

Hysterocrates gigas = Cameroon red

Lasiodora cristatus = Brazilian red and white

Lasiodora parahybana = Salmon pink bird eater

Lasiodorides striatus = Orange striped bird eater

Megaphobema mesomelas = Costa Rican red leg

Megaphobema robustum = Columbian giant

Megaphobema velvetosoma = Ecuadorian brown velvet

Nhandu caraponensis/Acanthoscurria sp = Brazilian red

Nhandu coloratovillosus = Brazilian black and white

Ornithoctonus andersoni = Asia mahogany

Pamphobeteus antinous = Bolivian blue leg

Pamphobeteus fortis = Colombian brown

Pamphobeteus insignis = Colombian purple bloom

Pamphobeteus nigricolour = Blue purple bloom

Pamphobeteus ornatus = Colombian pink bloom

Pamphobeteus striata = Stripe knee bird eater

Pamphobeteus ultramarinus = ????????????

Pamphobeteus vespertinus = Red bloom

Paraphysa manicata = Dwarf rose, Chilean copper

Paraphysa scrofa = Chilean Yellow rump

Phormictopus cancerides = Haitian brown

Pliesiopelma longisternal = Argentinean pigmy

Poecilotheria fasciata = Sri Lankan ornamental

Poecilotheria formosa = Salem ornamental

Poecilotheria ornata = fringed sri-lanka ornamental

Poecilotheria regalis = Indian ornamental

Poecilotheria rufilata = Slate red ornamental

Poecilotheria smithi = Yellow-backed ornamental

Poecilotheria subfusca = Ivory ornamental

Psalmopoeus cambridgei = Trinidad chevron

Psalmopoeus irminia = Venezuelan sun tiger

Psalmopoeus pulcher = Panama blonde

Pterinochilus chordatus / sjoestedti = Kilimanjaro mustard

Pterinochilus murinus = Mombassa golden starburst

Pterinochilus murinus red form = Arboreal orange baboon, Usumbarra baboon

Selenocosmia javenensis = Java yellow kneed

Stromatopelma calciata = Feather leg baboon

Tapinauchenius gigas = Guianan red tree spider

Theraphosa apophysis = Goliath pink foot

Theraphosa blondi = Goliath bird eater

Thrixopelma pruriens = Green velvet

Xenesthis immanis - Colombian lesser-black


i got this off the tarantula store thought it would be helpful to those hew want to learn the scientific and common names

sticky please

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didnt see we had on of these

[GRB]

Tbh, it would be easier if people just used scientific names. Its really not that hard.

The fact is, that list probably isnt that reliable as lots of species share common names.

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true but it isnt that easy to learn scientific names

ive only no 1 scientific name

[GRB]

Without being needlessly harsh here, but what is hard about learning Theraphosa blondi or apophysis? Thats less words than "Goliath pink foot".

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i no T.apophysis now i no T.blondi and have learnt avicularia avicularia and avicularia versicolor

[GazEmm]

I'm getting a little better with the scientific names, at least on the T's im interested in!! I'm sure over time more and more will sink in.

They sound great in my head as well but im sure i can't pronounce any of them right

[Scales and Fangs]

Originally Posted by GRB

Without being needlessly harsh here, but what is hard about learning Theraphosa blondi or apophysis? Thats less words than "Goliath pink foot".

It's all down to your own level of learning, I am useless with scientific names but getting there as I am surrounded by them day in day out but for some this may not be easy to learn where as others soak it up like a sponge, thats life i spose.

[C_Strike]

i happen to fully agree with GRB on this, common names only lead to mistakes and proper fuck ups.
Its important for people to use scientific names as its a global language, Latin and ancient greek are dead languages (except for science), which means its perfect for using, as through times languages that are alive and still used will evolve with time.

I personally am a total n00b to using common names.

Just treat the scientific names as human style family names, ie im Cameron strike, family name is second. With nomenclature, classification, the family name (actually genus) is infront, so

Avicularia versicolor.... Avicularia is the family name (Actually genus)

whilst versicolor is the individual.
Hence you have the genus Avicularia which contains Avicularia avicularia, Avicularia purpurea + loads more.

hope that helps?

[Jamie]

I do prefer scientific names.

I was rubbish at them at 1st, to be honest I'm still not that good! but it does start to sink in after a while, some of my spiders i dont actually know the common name!!