Ceratogyrus darlingi

Burst horned baboon tarantula
An immature (above), and the exuviae of an adult female (below)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Ceratogyrus
Species:
C. darlingi
Binomial name
Ceratogyrus darlingi
Pocock, 1897[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Ceratogyrus bechuanicus Purcell, 1902
  • Ceratogyrus schultzei Purcell, 1908
  • Ceratogyrus dolichocephalus Smith, 1990 (misidentified)

Ceratogyrus darlingi (commonly called burst horned baboon tarantula or African rear-horned baboon tarantula, synonym Ceratogyrus bechuanicus) is a theraphosid spider from southern Africa, mainly Botswana and Lesotho. They reach a body length of about 5 inches (130 mm) and are ash-gray, mud-brown to black. The peltidium features a black foveal horn.[2]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference WSC_s37278 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Minax Tarantulas – Ceratogyrus bechuanicus Archived September 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine