Grammostola porteri

Grammostola porteri
Adult female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Grammostola
Species: G. porteri
Binomial name
Grammostola porteri
(Mello-Leitão, 1936)

Also known in the United States as the Chilean tarantula, is a common species of tarantula available in American and European pet stores today. Gramostola porteri are mostly docile, low maintenance, and inexpensive, so they are popular as pets.

This tarantula is endemic of Chile.

Grammostola porteri is a species of tarantula described in 1936.[1]


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