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title: "Purple Pinktoe Tarantula"
description: "Avicularia purpurea — Insetti e ragni. Avicularia purpurea, also called the Ecuadorian purple tarantula or Ecuador purple pinktoe, is a species of spider belonging to the family Theraphosidae (tarantulas)."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/purple-pinktoe-tarantula
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Purple Pinktoe Tarantula

> Avicularia purpurea — Insetti e ragni. Avicularia purpurea, also called the Ecuadorian purple tarantula or Ecuador purple pinktoe, is a species of spider belonging to the family Theraphosidae (tarantulas).

- Scientific name: *Avicularia purpurea*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `zoo` (Zoo e animali domestici), `jungle` (Giungla)
- iNaturalist observations: 501
- Wikidata: [Q139270](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q139270)
- iNaturalist taxon: [512759](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/512759)

## Names

- en: Purple Pinktoe Tarantula
- nl: Paarse boomvogelspin

## Countries with the most observations

EC (285), CO (33), PE (14)

## Summary

Avicularia purpurea, also called the Ecuadorian purple tarantula or Ecuador purple pinktoe, is a species of spider belonging to the family Theraphosidae (tarantulas).

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Andrew J. Crawford · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/137830648

## Machine access

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