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Theraphosidae

Kahlenberg's Red Rump

Tliltocatl kahlenbergiBrachypelma kahlenbergi

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. en.wikipedia.org

Photograph: Obed Palagot Echavarria · CC BY-SA

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. Kahlenberg's Red Rump is nocturnal, so what it is doing changes with the light.

Burrowing · temperate · humidFrom the sheet: 24–28°C, humidity 65–75%

The way of life is written in this sheet, word for word. The climate words summarise the two figures above them, they do not add to them.

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Temperature24–28 °C
Humidity65–75 %
Enclosure30×30×20
Diet7–14 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

65–75%Target RH

The sheet states65-75%

Identity

Adult size

1.75 m12–14 cm
1520100400 cm
12–14 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
IUCN / CITES
Not evaluated; CITES II
Difficulty
Beginner
Commonality
Rare in SEA/Thai trade
Adult size
12–14 cm legspan
Lifespan
F 15–20 yr / M 4–6 yr
Growth rate
Medium
Activity & niche
Nocturnal · Terrestrial (burrower)
Temperament
Docile but nervous
Venom / defense
Urticating hairs (mild venom)

Enclosure and conditions

Enclosure

substrateclimbing branchwarm hidewater65–75 % RH30 cm20 cm
warm hideclimbing branchwatersubstrate
50100150200 cm
30 × 30 × 20 cmWidth × depth × height
9dm² 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 states30×30×20 cm floor space, deeper substrate

Temperature
24–28 °C
Humidity
65–75%
Min. enclosure
30×30×20 cm floor space, deeper substrate
Substrate
Coco fibre/peat, deep 12–15 cm for burrowing
Hides / decor / water
Cork-bark hide, 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 7–14 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 statesCrickets, dubia roaches, locusts · Adults 1×/1–2 wk; slings 2×/wk

Staple food
Crickets, dubia roaches, locusts
Feeding frequency
Adults 1×/1–2 wk; slings 2×/wk
Supplements
None (whole prey)

Behaviour and handling

HandlingTolerant with care (skittish)
CommunalNo (cannibalistic)
Defense / stress signsHair-kicking, fleeing into burrow, threat posture

Reproduction

Life course

Day 0Hatch
15–20 yrLifespan in care
15 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 4–5 yr; ventral/spermathecae sexing; 1 sac ~200–500 eggs

Common health problems

Common health issues
SignsDehydration, fall injury, DKS, bald patches
Red flags / quarantine
SignsCurled legs, lethargy, oral/anal fluid, mites; quarantine 30–60 d. Confirm captive-bred (CITES II)

Good to know

  • A red-rump split out of the old vagans complex

What it needs

Enclosure at least 30 × 30 × 20 cmbecause enclosure30×30×20 cm floor space, deeper substrate
A thermometerbecause temp24-28 °C
A hygrometerbecause humidity65–75%

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

Sources

Others in this group

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.