Sphaerobothria is a monotypic genus of Central American tarantulas containing the single species, Sphaerobothria hoffmanni. It was first described by Ferdinand Anton Franz Karsch in 1879, and is found in Panama and Costa Rica.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Costa Rican Horned Tarantula 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
- Selenocosmia crassipes
- Acanthoscurria gomesiana
- Euathlus truculentus
- Pterinopelma longisternale
- Sickius longibulbi
- Aphonopelma crinirufum
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Arachnida
- Order
- Araneae
- Family
- Theraphosidae
- Genus
- Sphaerobothria
- Species
- Sphaerobothria hoffmanni
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