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Guyana pinktoe

Avicularia avicularia (Linnaeus, 1758)

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The guyana pinktoe (Avicularia avicularia) is a species in the family Theraphosidae, order Araneae. Source checklists list it for 3 countries: Brazil, Guyana and Suriname.

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Quick facts about the guyana pinktoe

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
3 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the guyana pinktoe live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The guyana pinktoe is listed for 3 countries.

BrazilGuyanaSuriname
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Brazil
  2. Guyana
  3. Suriname

Why a country list is not a range map

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the guyana pinktoe as introduced in 1 country, and flagged as invasive in it.

  1. Mexicoinvasive

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the guyana pinktoe endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the guyana pinktoe classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classArachnida
  4. orderAraneae
  5. familyTheraphosidae
  6. genusAvicularia
  7. SpeciesAvicularia avicularia (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Aranea avicularia, Avicularia ancylochira, Avicularia ancylochyra, Avicularia avicularia avicularia, Avicularia cuminamensis, Avicularia cuminami, Avicularia exilis, Avicularia nigrotaeniata, Avicularia velutina, Avicularia vestiaria, Eurypelma avicularia, Mygale avicularia, Mygale scoparia

Other names and names in other languages (8)
  • Pinktoe tarantulaEnglish
  • sklípkan huňatýCzech
  • Gemeine VogelspinneGerman
  • Tarántula de Patas RosadasSpanish
  • MatoutouFrench
  • Surinaamse RoodvoetDutch
  • sklípkan kovovýCzech
  • Amazone-roodteenvogelspinDutch

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the guyana pinktoe

Other species in the same genus Avicularia.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the guyana pinktoe live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the guyana pinktoe for 3 countries: Brazil, Guyana and Suriname. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the guyana pinktoe an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the guyana pinktoe as invasive in 1 country: Mexico. It lists it as introduced in 1 in all.

What kind of animal is the guyana pinktoe?

The guyana pinktoe (Avicularia avicularia) belongs to the family Theraphosidae in the order Araneae.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Guyana pinktoe (Avicularia avicularia). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/guyana-pinktoe

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“Guyana pinktoe (Avicularia avicularia).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/guyana-pinktoe.

BibTeX
@misc{guyana_pinktoe_2026,
  title = {Guyana pinktoe (Avicularia avicularia)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/guyana-pinktoe},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}