scientific to common names

[mikemike118]

ok, i thought of putting this on here as a little guide for people who are pretty new to keeping tarantula's, there are however alot more names, but i got this from the tarantula store and all credit goes to them (scientific/common)

so here you are:
Scientific to common names

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

hope it helps

[joeyboy]

nice but unfortunately there's already a sticky in this section which covers that... if it has any missing yours has PM the thread starter or just post in it.

http://www.reptileforums.co.uk/spide...mon-names.html

[ph0bia]

It's a really good idea, but sadly somebody beat you to the punch

Some of those are actually wrong too, but then that begs the question of what is a 'right' common name as even 'tarantula' is a bit of a misnomer (the original tarantula being an italian wolfspider of the order Lycosidae, which is a true spider, not even in the same family as our tarantulas by a longshot!).

If you want a good concise list, the best place to look would be the American Arachnid Society Council of Common Names publication available for free download here.

http://www.americanarachnology.org/acn5.pdf

Whilst many will disagree of the use of the term "Official Common Name", that's as close as you'll get. Still doesn't make them at all accurate as you'll still see Grammostola rosea being sold as:

Chilean rose
Chilean rosehair
Chilean beauty
Chilean pink
Chilean common
Chilean brown

And all of those instances of "Chilean" can be replaced with "Chile"...
And it gets worse with other species.

I still wonder why we stick with common names as easier, when you consider that you still have to remember it's "Trinidad Olive" or "Trinidad Chevron" for example, or even more confusingly, "Mexican Red", "Cameroon red" or "Brazilian red". You may as well learn the scientific name as you've still got to put a name to an image, may as well be the correct one?

Saves the confusion with species like "Pinkfoot Goliath" (T.apophysis) which usually doesn't even have pink toes...

[mikemike118]

Originally Posted by ph0bia

Some of those are actually wrong too, but then that begs the question of what is a 'right' common name as even 'tarantula' is a bit of a misnomer (the original tarantula being an italian wolfspider of the order Lycosidae, which is a true spider, not even in the same family as our tarantulas by a longshot!).

i must agree with you there, and the thing that happened to me around this time last year when i first got a G.Rosea, i had just called the species of chile rose, and then i see a couple of other tarantula names, and this got to much, and then i noticed after a little time, i found that i could recognise SOME tarantula's by there "proper" names, and i guess i will get better and better with recognisation of there names and other stuff....

[Soulwax]

Originally Posted by ph0bia

Chilean rose
Chilean rosehair
Chilean beauty
Chilean pink
Chilean common
Chilean brown

And all of those instances of "Chilean" can be replaced with "Chile"...

Also "Chilli" and "Chilly"

[ph0bia]

Chilli and Chilly... yes...

"This is a chilly rose tarantula."
"Then turn the heating up!"