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title: "Brazilian Salmon Pink Tarantula"
description: "Lasiodora parahybana — Insectos y arañas. Lasiodora parahybana, the Brazilian salmon pink bird-eating tarantula, also simply known as the salmon pink or LP, is a tarantula from north-eastern Brazil and considered to be the fourth largest tarantula in the world (behind the three species in the genus Theraphosa)."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/brazilian-salmon-pink-tarantula
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Brazilian Salmon Pink Tarantula

> Lasiodora parahybana — Insectos y arañas. Lasiodora parahybana, the Brazilian salmon pink bird-eating tarantula, also simply known as the salmon pink or LP, is a tarantula from north-eastern Brazil and considered to be the fourth largest tarantula in the world (behind the three species in the genus Theraphosa).

- Scientific name: *Lasiodora parahybana*
- Category: `insects` (Insectos y arañas)
- Habitats: `zoo` (Zoo y mascotas)
- iNaturalist observations: 779
- Wikidata: [Q150637](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q150637)
- iNaturalist taxon: [367113](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/367113)

## Names

- en: Brazilian Salmon Pink Tarantula
- de: Brasilianische Riesenvogelspinne
- nl: Braziliaanse zalmroze vogelspin
- pt: Caranguejeira-rosa-salmão-brasileira
- pl: Ptasznik olbrzymi

## Countries with the most observations

BR (543)

## Summary

Lasiodora parahybana, the Brazilian salmon pink bird-eating tarantula, also simply known as the salmon pink or LP, is a tarantula from north-eastern Brazil and considered to be the fourth largest tarantula in the world (behind the three species in the genus Theraphosa).
It was discovered and described in 1917 by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão, in Paraíba, where the tarantula is endemic.
They are popular pets in the tarantula hobby due to their large size and readiness to breed. They are also considered to be 'docile'.

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

## Photo

![Brazilian Salmon Pink Tarantula](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/brazilian-salmon-pink-tarantula/medium.jpg)

Photo: George Chernilevsky · Public domain · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lasiodora_parahybana_2009_G03.jpg

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/brazilian-salmon-pink-tarantula?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).