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![Annandaliella sp. [poss. travancorica Hirst 1909], male, Goa, India (Photo - S. Huber)](https://birdspiders.ch/wp-content/gallery/theraphosidae/Annandaliella-sp.-poss.-travancorica-Hirst-1909-male-Goa-India-Photo-S.-Huber.jpg?t=1680159851 "Annandaliella sp. [poss. travancorica Hirst 1909], male, Goa, India (Photo - S. Huber)")
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Featured species pages
- Melopoeus lividus, the cobalt blue tarantula (described as Haplopelma lividum)
- Brachypelma auratum, the Mexican flame knee tarantula
- Birupes simoroxigorum, the blue-legged tarantula from Sarawak