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title: "Yellow-banded Pinktoe Tarantula"
description: "Avicularia juruensis — Insectes et araignées. Avicularia juruensis is a species of spider in the family Theraphosidae, found in South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Brazil)."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/yellow-banded-pinktoe-tarantula
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Yellow-banded Pinktoe Tarantula

> Avicularia juruensis — Insectes et araignées. Avicularia juruensis is a species of spider in the family Theraphosidae, found in South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Brazil).

- Scientific name: *Avicularia juruensis*
- Category: `insects` (Insectes et araignées)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forêt), `zoo` (Zoo et animaux de compagnie), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 1313
- Wikidata: [Q1646454](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1646454)
- iNaturalist taxon: [537961](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/537961)

## Names

- en: Yellow-banded Pinktoe Tarantula
- nl: Gespikkelde regenwoudboomspin

## Countries with the most observations

EC (610), PE (317), CO (117), BR (17), BO (7)

## Summary

Avicularia juruensis is a species of spider in the family Theraphosidae, found in South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Brazil). Avicularia urticans was brought into synonymy in 2017. It has been given the English name Amazonian pink toe spider. Under the synonym Avicularia urticans, it is also known as the Peruvian pinktoe tarantula. It is a large mygalomorph spider, with a maximum body length over 30 mm (1.2 in) and the longest fully extended leg about 60 mm (2.4 in). Like other species in the genus Avicularia, specimens under this name are sold as pets, although their identity has not been confirmed by taxonomic…

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

## Photo

![Yellow-banded Pinktoe Tarantula](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/yellow-banded-pinktoe-tarantula/medium.jpg)

Photo: Ferhat Gundogdu · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/70530758

## Machine access

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