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Leopard spider

Pardosa laura Karsch, 1879

Status not recordedspiders

The leopard spider (Pardosa laura) is a species in the family Lycosidae, order Araneae. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Japan.

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Quick facts about the leopard spider

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
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the leopard spider 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 leopard spider is listed for 1 country.

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

  1. Japan

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the leopard spider 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 leopard spider classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classArachnida
  4. orderAraneae
  5. familyLycosidae
  6. genusPardosa
  7. SpeciesPardosa laura Karsch, 1879

Synonyms Avicosa longipedis, Lycosa laura, Pardosa diversa, Pardosa longipedis, Pardosa palus, Pirata longipedis, Tarentula palus

Other names and names in other languages (4)
  • ハリゲコモリグモJapanese
  • 가시늑대거미Korean
  • 溝渠豹蛛Chinese
  • イナダハリゲコモリグモJapanese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the leopard spider

Other species in the same genus Pardosa.

Wolf spider

Pardosa nigriceps

LycosidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the leopard spider live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the leopard spider for 1 country: Japan. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the leopard spider?

The leopard spider (Pardosa laura) belongs to the family Lycosidae 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). Leopard spider (Pardosa laura). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/leopard-spider

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BibTeX
@misc{leopard_spider_2026,
  title = {Leopard spider (Pardosa laura)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/leopard-spider},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}