Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Malaysian Purple-femur 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
- Thrigmopoeus truculentus
- Sphaerobothria hoffmanni
- Chilobrachys fimbriatus
- Selenocosmia crassipes
- Theraphosa stirmi
- Neostenotarsus guianensis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Arachnida
- Order
- Araneae
- Family
- Theraphosidae
- Genus
- Coremiocnemis
- Species
- Coremiocnemis hoggi
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