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title: "Texas Tan Tarantula"
description: "Aphonopelma anax — Insekten & Spinnen. Aphonopelma anax, commonly known as the Texas tan tarantula, is a species of spider belonging to the family Theraphosidae native to southern Texas and northern Mexico."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/texas-tan-tarantula
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Texas Tan Tarantula

> Aphonopelma anax — Insekten & Spinnen. Aphonopelma anax, commonly known as the Texas tan tarantula, is a species of spider belonging to the family Theraphosidae native to southern Texas and northern Mexico.

- Scientific name: *Aphonopelma anax*
- Category: `insects` (Insekten & Spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 2749
- Wikidata: [Q1646533](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1646533)
- iNaturalist taxon: [123097](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/123097)

## Names

- en: Texas Tan Tarantula
- es: Tarántula parda

## Countries with the most observations

US (1388), MX (422)

## Summary

Aphonopelma anax, commonly known as the Texas tan tarantula, is a species of spider belonging to the family Theraphosidae native to southern Texas and northern Mexico.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphonopelma_anax

## Photo

![Texas Tan Tarantula](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/texas-tan-tarantula/medium.jpg)

Photo: Robert Creech · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/13815655

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/texas-tan-tarantula?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).