Chilean rose tarantula: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Chilean rose tarantula lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Grammostola rosea
Group	Spiders, scorpions & other arachnids
Found in	1 country
Continents	South America
Class	Arachnid
Order	Araneida
Family	Theraphosidae

Where does the Chilean rose tarantula live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Chilean rose tarantula in 1 country or territory across South America.

Chile

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

What kind of animal is the Chilean rose tarantula?

The Chilean rose tarantula (Grammostola rosea) is an arachnid in the order Araneida and the family Theraphosidae, genus Grammostola. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Chilean rose tarantula

The Chilean rose tarantula (Grammostola rosea), also known as the rose hair tarantula, the Chilean fire tarantula, or the Chilean red-haired tarantula (depending on the color morph), is probably the most common species of tarantula available in American and European pet stores today, due to the large number of wild-caught specimens exported cheaply from their native Chile into the pet trade. The species is also known from Bolivia and Argentina.

G. rosea is a common pet of tarantula hobbyists. Females have been known to live as long as 20 years, but due to the limited time they have been available on the market (and hence for extensive study), they may live considerably longer than 20 years. In the past, considerable confusion existed between this species and Grammostola porteri, but in 2022 the World Spider Catalog revised the latter as a junior synonym of Grammostola rosea.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Chilean rose tarantula (revision 1380824726), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q137107 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).