Global InformationBrachypelma auratum information
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Conservation status
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CITES Appendix II (CITES)[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Brachypelma |
| Species: | B. auratum
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| Binomial name | |
| Brachypelma auratum Schmidt, 1992[2]
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| Distribution of B. auratum | |
Brachypelma auratum (also called Mexican flame knee) is a tarantula endemic to the regions of Guerrero and Michoacán in Mexico. In appearance it is reminiscent of the quintessential Mexican red-kneed spider, Brachypelma smithi, albeit darker and with more discrete red striations on the patella. The form of these red markings have earned the spider its common name, the flame knee. Due to the species' similarities to B. smithi, it was not considered a distinct species until 1992.[2][3] It has been found living communally with a small frog known as Eleutherodactylus occidentalis[4][5][6]
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
WSC_s37249was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Peter Klaas: Vogelspinnen: Herkunft, Pflege, Arten. Eugen Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart 2003/2007, ISBN 978-3-8001-4660-4, s. 70
- ^ "Mexican Flame Knee Tarantula (Brachypelma auratum) Care Sheet | Keeping Exotic Pets".
- ^ West, Rick C. "The Brachypelma of Mexico".
- ^ West, Rick (August 2005). "Brachypelma of Mexico". British Tarantula Society Journal. 20: 108–119 – via ResearchGate.