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I was wondering if there is some kind of tarantula dictionary a large collection of tarantulas in one book. if you know where i could get one please post.

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jeff1962

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Not that I have ever found, and I have looked. I did read somewhere that someone was working on something like this.It would be nice to have something like that on here.Some of the more experinced keepers could do write ups and I am sure alot of folks could contribute pics.
 

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Do you men in terms a listing of species? Do you just want images or a some other sort of information?

Here is the image gallery on John Hoke's E-Spiderworld, it has the scientific name, common name and brief snippet.
http://www.e-spiderworld.com/gallery/index.htm
Also Rick West's Birdspider site has an extensive gallery of images
http://www.birdspiders.com/archive_Tarantulas.html

Two books I know that info and pics but only on the most popular species are
Tarantulas in the Vivarium: Habits, Husbandry, and Breeding and Tarantulas and Other Arachnids
 

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there are a few good books but they are in german
 

jeff1962

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there are a few good books but they are in german
I heard about those also. Kinda rediculous not to publish something like that in English.Probably there way of snubing there noses at us yanks.
 

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.....*sigh*....
Out of all the books we have; The Tarantula Keeper's Guide by Stan & Marguerite Schultz is still the one most often used.....
 

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"tarantulas in the vivarium"-peter klaas (german but great pics)

"tarantulas and scorpions in captvity"-russ gurley

"vogelspinnen"-louwerens, jan nederrof, gijsbert kortekaas (dutch but great info and pics)

"tarantulas today"-tinter,andreas

wayne
 

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I heard about those also. Kinda rediculous not to publish something like that in English.Probably there way of snubing there noses at us yanks.
God forbid that other nationalities should publish books in their own language :eek:

Obviously designed as a snub to Americans, who invented English. Oh wait a minute.......... :p {D

There are some German books that have been translated. Tarantulas in the Vivarium: Habits, Husbandry, and Breeding by Peter Klaas is a good example. It was originally published as Vogelspinnen im Terrarium: Lebensweise, Haltung und Zucht :)
 

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I heard about those also. Kinda rediculous not to publish something like that in English.Probably there way of snubing there noses at us yanks.
Considering the level of grammar in your post, I find this tirade to be unreal......:?
Or were you being uber-ironic?
:)
 

problemchildx

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Considering the level of grammar in your post, I find this tirade to be unreal......:?
Or were you being uber-ironic?
:)
:clap:
I am actually going to purchase the Schultz's book hopefully soon. It will probably be the only one I get too :) Thanks for a great book you guys.
And if I touch up on my Deutsche I will get Vogelspinnen :8o
 

jeff1962

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God forbid that other nationalities should publish books in their own language :eek:

Obviously designed as a snub to Americans, who invented English. Oh wait a minute.......... :p {D

There are some German books that have been translated. Tarantulas in the Vivarium: Habits, Husbandry, and Breeding by Peter Klaas is a good example. It was originally published as Vogelspinnen im Terrarium: Lebensweise, Haltung und Zucht :)
It was a joke ! relax :cool:
 

jeff1962

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Considering the level of grammar in your post, I find this tirade to be unreal......:?
Or were you being uber-ironic?
:)
Yes Phil, I was being uber-ironic . :) It was only a joke.There are many people on this forum from many places, and it was not my intention to offend anyone.
 

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Another couple EXCELLENT texts which I highly recommend, though not in English, are:

Verdez, J.-M. & F. Cléton. 2001. Mygales – Élevage & Découverte. Philippe Gérard Éditions, Bornemann.

Rafn, S. 2005. Fugleedderkopper. Forlagat Atelier, Dyssegård

Eric
 

PhilR

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It was a joke ! relax :cool:
I know. So was mine :)

Another couple EXCELLENT texts which I highly recommend, though not in English, are:

Verdez, J.-M. & F. Cléton. 2001. Mygales – Élevage & Découverte. Philippe Gérard Éditions, Bornemann.

Rafn, S. 2005. Fugleedderkopper. Forlagat Atelier, Dyssegård

Eric
I have the Verdez/Cleton book and it's fantastic. Some of the pictures are brilliant.

Not seen Mr. Rafn's book yet :)
 
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