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Theraphosidae

Guatemalan Tiger Rump

Davus pentalorisCyclosternum pentaloris

The page we cite does not state this figure. We opened it on 10 Aug 2026 and it gives no temperature for this species at all. The values above may still be right, but we cannot show you where they came from, and nobody here has checked them against a second source. Anything about a sick animal goes to a qualified exotic vet, not to a page. tomsbigspiders.com

Photograph: Daniel Pineda Vera · CC BY

Photographed by an observer on iNaturalist and published under a Creative Commons licence; the photographer and the licence are named under the image. It is not an animal of ours, and no animal was handled by us to produce it.

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Drag the sun. Guatemalan Tiger Rump is nocturnal, so what it is doing changes with the light.

Terrestrial · temperate · humidFrom the sheet: 24–28°C, humidity 70–80%

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Temperature24–28 °C
Humidity70–80 %
Enclosure20×20×15
Diet7 days

The numbers

Temperature

152025303540 °C
24–28°Ambient

One ambient band, 24–28°C. This sheet states no warm side, no cool side and no night figure, so none are shown. Same scale on every sheet here, so two species compare by eye.

The sheet states24-28 °C

Humidity

70–80%Target RH

The sheet states70-80%

Identity

Adult size

1.75 m8–10 cm
1520100400 cm
8–10 cmNose to tail, adult

The size the sheet states for a grown animal.

Why

Two drawings, because they answer two questions. The silhouette is at true scale against a 1.75 m person: it says how big this animal actually is, which no number does for someone who has never seen one. The bar under it is logarithmic and shared by every sheet here, so a 2 cm isopod and a 4 m python both stay readable on the same axis and two species can be compared at a glance.

Order / Family
Araneae
Origin
IUCN / CITES
Not evaluated; CITES not yet in our data
Difficulty
Intermediate
Commonality
Occasional in SEA/Thai trade
Adult size
8–10 cm legspan
Lifespan
F 10–12 yr / M 3–4 yr
Growth rate
Fast
Activity & niche
Nocturnal · Terrestrial (heavy webber)
Temperament
Skittish, heavy webber
Venom / defense
Urticating hairs (mild venom)

Enclosure and conditions

Enclosure

substrateclimbing branchwarm hidewater70–80 % RH20 cm15 cm
warm hideclimbing branchwatersubstrate
50100150200 cm
20 × 20 × 15 cmWidth × depth × height
4dm² of floor
Warm side: not in our dataUVB: not in our data

Drawn from the stated numbers. Only what the sheet states is drawn inside.

Why

The rectangle carries the exact width-to-height ratio of the figures above it, and the ruler under it places that width on the 0–250 cm scale every sheet here shares, so two species still compare at a glance. Nothing is added that the sheet does not name: a lamp drawn on a sheet that never mentions one would be invented equipment. What the sheet leaves out is listed rather than left blank, because an empty tank reads as « none needed ».

The sheet states20×20×15 cm with web anchors

Temperature
24–28 °C
Humidity
70–80%
Min. enclosure
20×20×15 cm with web anchors
Substrate
Coco fibre/peat, 6–8 cm
Hides / decor / water
Cork bark, branches for webbing, water dish

What your climate adds

This sheet states a range to hold. Your local climate decides how much work holding it is. Pick the nearest city: nothing is sent anywhere, the choice stays in this browser.

Diet

Feeding rhythm

every 7 dAs an adult
4Meals in 28 days

Twenty-eight days, one row. Each band is a meal window. The sheet gives several ages on one line; this is the adult figure.

Why

The windows widen as they go because the interval is a range: four meals after a 10–14 day cycle land anywhere between day 40 and day 56.

The sheet statesSmall crickets, roach nymphs, flies · Adults 1×/wk; slings 2–3×/wk

Staple food
Small crickets, roach nymphs, flies
Feeding frequency
Adults 1×/wk; slings 2–3×/wk
Supplements
None (whole prey)

Behaviour and handling

HandlingNot recommended (fast, small)
CommunalNo (cannibalistic)
Defense / stress signsBolting, hair-kicking, hiding in web

Reproduction

Life course

Day 0Hatch
10–12 yrLifespan in care
10 yrMinimum commitment
Sexual maturityNot in our data

Read from the lifespan and maturity the sheet states, for animals in care and not in the wild.

Why

The minimum commitment is the low end of that lifespan, and the reproductive window is what is left after maturity: both are subtractions on stated figures, not figures of their own.

Reproduction
M mature <1 yr; ventral sexing; 1 sac ~50–150 eggs

Common health problems

Common health issues
SignsDehydration, fall injury
Red flags / quarantine
SignsLethargy, curled legs, no feeding; quarantine 30–60 d

Good to know

  • Guatemalan tiger-rump; a colourful, heavy-webbing dwarf

What it needs

Enclosure at least 20 × 20 × 15 cmbecause enclosure — 20×20×15 cm with web anchors
A thermometerbecause temp — 24-28 °C
A hygrometerbecause humidity — 70–80%

Every line above is deduced from a value this sheet states, and names which one. Nothing here is a general recommendation.

Sources

tomsbigspiders.comthetarantulacollective.com

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What this sheet states

100%
TemperatureHumidityEnclosure sizeActivityOriginDietSourcesUVB

Every field this product runs on is stated here. That is not a claim that the values are right: it says what the sheet states, not whether it is true. Whether a human has read it is the badge at the top of this page.

UVB is measured but does not count: it is absent from 421 of 678 sheets, and on most of them that is not a gap, since a nocturnal snake's sheet has no reason to state a UV index. Counting it would call the library incomplete without cause.