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title: "Chiricahuan Gray Tarantula"
description: "Aphonopelma gabeli — Insectes et araignées. Aphonopelma gabeli is a species of spider in the family Theraphosidae, found in United States (Arizona, southern New Mexico, and west Texas)."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/chiricahuan-gray-tarantula
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Chiricahuan Gray Tarantula

> Aphonopelma gabeli — Insectes et araignées. Aphonopelma gabeli is a species of spider in the family Theraphosidae, found in United States (Arizona, southern New Mexico, and west Texas).

- Scientific name: *Aphonopelma gabeli*
- Category: `insects` (Insectes et araignées)
- Habitats: `desert` (Désert)
- iNaturalist observations: 1030
- Wikidata: [Q780057](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q780057)
- iNaturalist taxon: [501063](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/501063)

## Names

- en: Chiricahuan Gray Tarantula

## Countries with the most observations

US (713), MX (26)

## Summary

Aphonopelma gabeli is a species of spider in the family Theraphosidae, found in United States (Arizona, southern New Mexico, and west Texas).

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

## Photo

![Chiricahuan Gray Tarantula](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/chiricahuan-gray-tarantula/medium.jpg)

Photo: William · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/297945801

## Machine access

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