Arboreal and terrestrial list

[Zoltan]

I forgot... Cédrik Grenier has found Heterothele gabonensis as high as 4 metres on Uapaca trees.

 

[robertcarst]

...and OBT.

nice one


Aren't Thrixopelma arboreal? I asked the same question a while back and people told me they are arboreal... :?

 

[Kamikaze]

Orphnaecus are terrestrials

 

[JungleCage]

i would definitely make another category for semi-arboreal. for the genus's Pterinochilus, Lampropelma, Psalmopoeus, and Heteroscodra. Im sure thiers others that are semi-arboreal too.

 

[Zoltan]

i would definitely make another category for semi-arboreal. for the genus's Pterinochilus, Lampropelma, Psalmopoeus, and Heteroscodra. Im sure thiers others that are semi-arboreal too.

Why are these genera "semi-arboreal"?

I'd like to disagree with you.

Pterinochilus chordatus – a fossorial species living in grassland habitats.
Pterinochilus lugardi – behaviour in their natural habitat is unknown, but in captivity they make silk-lined burrows.
Pterinochilus murinus – makes retreats under stones, logs and houses(!). Can also live arboreally in hollow tree branches. Mostly exploits existing cavities, doesn't make burrows. I prefer not to label P. murinus as anything but as a spider showing high adaptibility. I also recommend Cedrik's post on the T-store forum: http://www.the-t-store.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=14343&view=findpost&p=94651
The information about the Pterinochilus species is from Richard Gallon's 2002 revision, downloadable from the BTS forum downloads section here.

Lampropelma species live arboreally in their natural habitat, read more on AsianArboreals.

According to Philip Charpentier, Heteroscodra maculata is entirely arboreal, found on palm trees. You can download his article from 1992 here.