Mexican redknee tarantula  (Brachypelma smithi)

Facts

Previously known as:Euathlus smithi
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Arachnida
Order Araneae
Family Theraphosidae
Genus Brachypelma (1)

Status

The Mexican redknee tarantula is classified as Lower Risk / Near Threatened (LR/nt) on the IUCN Red List 2007 under the name Euathlus smithi (1), and is listed on Appendix II of CITES (2).