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Species ID: 6366
Scientific Name: Brachypelma vagans
Common Name: Mexican Redrump Tarantula
Local Name(s): Chiwo', Antelope Spider
Scientific Author: (Ausserer, 1875)
Taxonomic Information:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneida
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Brachypelma
Species: vagans
District Distribution:
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Brachypelma vagans
Status & Threats Information:
National Status: Near Threatened
IUCN Designation: Not available
Population Trend (globally): Not available
Known Threats to this Species:
    Not Available
Species Utilisation: Pets/display animals, horticulture

Conservation Actions:
No conservation information available.
Endemic Species?: No
Introduced Species?: No
Physiological Information:
Migrant Type:  Non-Migrant
Aquatic Species?: No
Salinity Tolerance: Not Applicable
Physiographic Information:
Elevations:0-100 m
0-100 m deep
201-300 m
901-1000 m
General Habitats:1.6. Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
11.3. Plantations
11.4. Rural Gardens
11.5. Urban Areas
11.6. Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest
Sampled Habitats:IA1c(1) - Montane broad-leaved wet forest
   'Tropical evergreen broad-leaved lower-montane forest'
IA1g(1)(a) - Lowland broad-leaved wet forest
   'Tropical evergreen broad-leaved lowland swamp forest'
IA2a(1)(b)S - Lowland broad-leaved moist forest
   'Tropical evergreen seasonal broad-leaved lowland forest on poor or sandy soils'
SPA(1) - Agricultural uses
   'Agriculture: non mechanized agricultural land uses including unimproved pasture'
U - Urban
   'Urban'
VIIIA - Seagrass
   'Seagrass Beds'
Hydrological Information:
Rainfall Isohyets:100-120" (2540 - 3048mm)
140-160" (3556 - 4064mm)
160-180" (4064 - 4572mm)
40-60" (1016 - 1524mm)
60-80" (1524 - 2032mm)
80-100" (2032 - 2540mm)
Watersheds:Belize River Watershed, Freshwater Creek Watershed, Temash River Watershed,
Groundwater Provinces:Campur Province, Maya Mountains Province, Toledo Province,
Species Interactions - (serves as substrate, host, food plant, etc for the following species):
Not Applicable
Species Interactions - (Lives on, feeds on the following species):
Not Applicable
Specimen Collections:  [LR indicates a Literature-based specimen record]  [BBIS indicates a BBIS - WCS specimen record]
Brachypelma vagans - ID No. 21079 - District: Toledo [Location: Barranco Transect | Date: 24.4.2003]
Brachypelma vagans - ID No. 21080 - District: Toledo [Location: Crique Sarco Ruderal | Date: 10.9.2003]
Brachypelma vagans - ID No. 24065 - District: Belize [Location: Turneffe Islands | Date: 22.11.2005]
Brachypelma vagans - ID No. 24116 - District: Belize [Location: Turneffe Islands | Date: 22.11.2005]
Brachypelma vagans - ID No. 24211 - District: Belize [Location: Turneffe Islands | Date: 24.11.2005]
Brachypelma vagans - ID No. 38225 - District: Stann Creek [Location: Mayflower-Bocawina: Mayflower Bocawina National Park | Date: 27.2.2003]
Brachypelma vagans - ID No. 54337 - District: Cayo [Location: Green Hills | Date: 16.10.2006]
Brachypelma vagans - ID No. 102508 - District: Cayo [Location: Seven Miles Village | Date: 6.10.2007]
Brachypelma vagans - ID No. 102509 - District: Cayo [Location: Seven Miles Village | Date: 27.10.2007]
Brachypelma vagans - ID No. 105406 - District: Cayo [Location: Benque Viejo, Guamil | Date: 17.7.2008]
Brachypelma vagans - ID No. 113893 - District: Cayo [Location: Doyle's Delight Streamvalley | Date: 19.8.2007]
Associated Media Files:
We are sorry, no data records were found for this species.
Notes:
Most widespread Tarantula species in Belize
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