Critically Endangered Animal Species of India 2011 - Spiders

Critically Endangered Animal Species of India 2011 - Spiders


Rameshwaram Ornamental or Rameshwaram Parachute Spider (Poecilotheria hanumavilasumica)
Found: Arboreal and tend to live in hiding.
Threats: Endemic to India. Spread along the coastal savannah, tropical lowland rain forests and montane forests upto an altitude of 2000 m above mean sea level.


Gooty Tarantula, Metallic Tarantula or Peacock Tarantula (Poecilotheria metallica)
Found: Endemic to India
Threats: They are one of the most expensive spiders in the illegal pet trade. Large areas where the species occurs have been deforested, or subjected to habitat degradation due to local fuel wood collection, leading to decline in its population.

Other Critically Endangered Species of India

birds       mammals        reptiles

amphibians

fish   coral

spiders

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