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title: "Costa Rican Striped-knee Tarantula"
description: "Aphonopelma seemanni — Insetti e ragni. Aphonopelma seemanni, the Costa Rican zebra tarantula, also known as the striped-knee tarantula, is a species of tarantula inhabiting most of western Costa Rica and other parts of Central America, such as Honduras and Nicaragua, and possibly Guatemala."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/costa-rican-striped-knee-tarantula
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Costa Rican Striped-knee Tarantula

> Aphonopelma seemanni — Insetti e ragni. Aphonopelma seemanni, the Costa Rican zebra tarantula, also known as the striped-knee tarantula, is a species of tarantula inhabiting most of western Costa Rica and other parts of Central America, such as Honduras and Nicaragua, and possibly Guatemala.

- Scientific name: *Aphonopelma seemanni*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Savana)
- iNaturalist observations: 589
- Wikidata: [Q1519585](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1519585)
- iNaturalist taxon: [264085](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/264085)

## Names

- en: Costa Rican Striped-knee Tarantula
- de: Gestreifte Guatemala-Vogelspinne
- es: Tarántula de rodillas rayadas
- nl: Zebravogelspin

## Countries with the most observations

CR (186), HN (186), NI (44), SV (32)

## Summary

Aphonopelma seemanni, the Costa Rican zebra tarantula, also known as the striped-knee tarantula, is a species of tarantula inhabiting most of western Costa Rica and other parts of Central America, such as Honduras and Nicaragua, and possibly Guatemala. It is usually black with white stripes near the leg joints, but a brown color form also exists for the spider.
Zebra tarantulas are deep-burrowing spiders. They live in open, semiarid scrublands, and are often found in large aggregations. Their deep burrows keep the temperature below the highest daytime temperatures, and retain humidity. Conversely, as temperatures…

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

## Photo

![Costa Rican Striped-knee Tarantula](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/costa-rican-striped-knee-tarantula/medium.jpg)

Photo: Carlos Chaves · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/326552158

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/costa-rican-striped-knee-tarantula?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).