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title: "Mexican Orangeknee Tarantula"
description: "Brachypelma hamorii — Owady i pająki. Brachypelma hamorii is a vulnerable species of tarantula found in Mexico."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/mexican-orangeknee-tarantula
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Mexican Orangeknee Tarantula

> Brachypelma hamorii — Owady i pająki. Brachypelma hamorii is a vulnerable species of tarantula found in Mexico.

- Scientific name: *Brachypelma hamorii*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 369
- Wikidata: [Q4122285](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4122285)
- iNaturalist taxon: [264094](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/264094)

## Names

- en: Mexican Orangeknee Tarantula
- es: Tarántula mexicana de rodillas anaranjadas
- fr: Tarentule mexicaine à genoux orange

## Countries with the most observations

MX (177)

## Summary

Brachypelma hamorii is a vulnerable species of tarantula found in Mexico. It has been confused with B. smithi; both have been called Mexican redknee tarantulas. Many earlier sources referring to B. smithi either do not distinguish between the two species or relate to B. hamorii. B. hamorii is a terrestrial tarantula native to the western faces of the Sierra Madre Occidental and Sierra Madre del Sur mountain ranges in the Mexican states of Colima, Jalisco, and Michoacán. The species is a large spider, adult females having a total body length over 50 mm (2 in) and males having legs up to 75 mm (3 in) long. Mexican redknee…

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

## Photo

![Mexican Orangeknee Tarantula](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/mexican-orangeknee-tarantula/medium.jpg)

Photo: adel-fridus · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/7957020

## Machine access

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