Pterinochilus chordatus, or Kilimanjaro mustard baboon spider, is an old-world tarantula, first described in 1873 by Carl Eduard Adolph Gerstaecker. This species is found on the East side of the African continent, from South Kordofan in Sudan in the north, to Tanzania in the south. It has a body length of up to 2 inches (5 cm) and a leg span of up to 6 inches (15 cm).
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Kilimanjaro Mustard Baboon Spider being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Ceratogyrus darlingi
- Idiothele nigrofulva
- Pterinochilus murinus
- Aphonopelma seemanni
- Harpactira hamiltoni
- Harpactira marksi
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Arachnida
- Order
- Araneae
- Family
- Theraphosidae
- Genus
- Pterinochilus
- Species
- Pterinochilus chordatus
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