Added 6 August 2006. Last updated 19 October 2009 with articles from PRK R 62.

Periodical Index - Arachnids

A guide to arachnid articles appearing in herpetogical periodicals over the past few years


The following is a guide to arachnid-related articles that have appeared within herpetological magazines within the last few years. It is an ongoing project, ie I am effectively cataloguing these entries myself from the actual magazines, some of which are harder to get hold of than others (especially when they are no longer being published!). I hope however that some people will find it useful, especially if researching a single species or looking for some care guidance.

Given the level of interest in arachnids, I would be grateful to receive details of any magazines not listed below that deal with these creatures. Indexes are especially welcome!

Key

D=Draco

Quarterly herpetological magazine from the German Natur und Tier Verlag that usually focuses on a theme, eg agamid lizards or desert herpetofauna

E = Elaphe

German publication from the DGHT: focuses on captive husbandry and reproduction of reptiles and amphibians.

IR = International Reptilian

European magazine, published in UK

R = Reptilia

European magazine, published in Spain

PR = Pet Reptile

European magazine, published in UK. Slightly more "entry level" but contains some good articles

PRK = Practical Reptile Keeping

UK magazine first appearing in 2009, edited by David Alderton. Like most magazines with "Reptile" in the title, also covers amphibians and invertebrates.

RH = Reptile Hobbyist

US magazine published by TFH

R&A = Reptile & Amphibian Magazine

Now sadly defunct, although back copies may be available at herp exhibitions, etc

R&AH = Reptile & Amphibian Hobbyist

Formed out of the merger of Reptile Hobbyist and Reptile & Amphibian Magazine

Si = Situla

French-language herpetological magazine, also covering invertebrates

V = Vivarium

Magazine associated with Advanced Herpetological Library and Philippe de Vosjoli


Species

Article

Magazine

Issue

Author

Amblypygi, Whipscorpions

Whipscorpions: With and Without Tails

RH

2:11

Jerry G Walls

Amplypygidae, Tailless Whip Scorpions

Bizarre Bugs

PR

38 (11/00)

Francesco Tomasinelli

Androctonus scorpions

Scorpions of the genus ~

R

40

N Botsaris, A Tietz, E Ythier

Aphonopelma seemani, Striped Knee Tarantula

Reptilia Responds [Question on regeneration of legs in spiders]

R

34

?

Arctosa, River Wolf Spiders

Corsairs of the Ponds: "Amphibian" Hunting Spiders of Central-Western Europe

R

36

Francesco Tomasinelli

Argyroneta aquatica, Water Spider

Corsairs of the Ponds: "Amphibian" Hunting Spiders of Central-Western Europe

R

36

Francesco Tomasinelli

Avicularia avicularia

Les "Matoutou" Guyanaises: Mygales opportunistes et anthropophiles ~ LINNE, 1758 Avicularia metallica AUSSERER, 1875 [The Guyanan "Matoutou": opportunistic and human-friendly mygale spiders ~ LINNE, 1758 Avicularia metallica AUSSERER, 1875]

Si

4

Michel Lamouille

Avicularia metallica

Les "Matoutou" Guyanaises: Mygales opportunistes et anthropophiles Avicularia avicularia LINNE, 1758 ~ AUSSERER, 1875 [The Guyanan "Matoutou": opportunistic and human-friendly mygale spiders Avicularia avicularia LINNE, 1758 ~ AUSSERER, 1875]

Si

4

Michel Lamouille

Carparachne, Wheeling Spider

Biology and Captive Breeding of Huntsman Spiders

R

17

Francesco Tomasinelli

Cerbalus sp.

Eight-Eyed Hunters of the Night: Notes on Keeping and Breeding Huntsman Spiders, Heteropoda venatoria and Holconia sp.

R

54

Kriton Kunz

Coriarachne

Crab Spiders

R

56

Cesare Brizio & Piero Fariselli

Cyriopagopus thorelli, Malaysian Earth Tiger (Tarantula)

The ~: Captive Breeding of the Asian Theraphosid

R

25

Fabio De Vita & Francesco Tomasinelli

Damon sp, Tailless Whip Scorpion

Whipscorpions: With and Without Tails

RH

2:11

Jerry G Walls

Desert Scorpions

 

R

40

Francesco Tomasinelli

Diaea

Crab Spiders

R

56

Cesare Brizio & Piero Fariselli

Dolomedes, Fishing or Raft Spiders

Corsairs of the Ponds: "Amphibian" Hunting Spiders of Central-Western Europe

R

36

Francesco Tomasinelli

Ebo

Crab Spiders

R

56

Cesare Brizio & Piero Fariselli

Euscorpius flavicaudis, Yellow-Tailed Scorpion

The Emperor Rules [passim]

PRK

4

April Taylor

Firmicus

Crab Spiders

R

56

Cesare Brizio & Piero Fariselli

Gnathopalystes sp.

Eight-Eyed Hunters of the Night: Notes on Keeping and Breeding Huntsman Spiders, Heteropoda venatoria and Holconia sp. [passim]

R

54

Kriton Kunz

Grammastola spiders

Spiders of the genus Grammastola

IR

6:7

Ray Gabriel

Grammastola cala, Chilean Rose-Haired Tarantula

Invertebrate Corner

RH

3:11

Mary Edith Moore

Grammastola rosea, Chilean Rose Tarantula

Questions and Answers [re handling]

PRK

3

?

Hadogenes, Flat Rock Scorpions

The Flat Rock Scorpion ~

R

34

Matteo Gozzini and Francesco Tomasinelli

Hadogenes troglodytes, South African Flat Rock Scorpion

The ~: Captive Care

IR

6:7

Simon Munnery

Hadrurus spp, Hairy Scorpions

Pet Scorpions [Veterinarian Q&A]

Rs

4:8

Douglas Mader

Heriaeus

Crab Spiders

R

56

Cesare Brizio & Piero Fariselli

Heterometrus spp, Malaysian Emperor Scorpion

Pet Scorpions [Veterinarian Q&A]

Rs

4:8

Douglas Mader

Heterometrus sp

Eastern Majesty and breathtaking biodiversity... in the Western Ghats [photograph]

PRK

3

Gerry Martin

Heteropoda spp.

Eight-Eyed Hunters of the Night: Notes on Keeping and Breeding Huntsman Spiders, Heteropoda venatoria and Holconia sp. [passim]

R

54

Kriton Kunz

Heteropoda maxima

Eight-Eyed Hunters of the Night: Notes on Keeping and Breeding Huntsman Spiders, Heteropoda venatoria and Holconia sp.

R

54

Kriton Kunz

Heteropoda venatoria, Banana Spider

Biology and Captive Breeding of Huntsman Spiders

R

17

Francesco Tomasinelli

Eight-Eyed Hunters of the Night: Notes on Keeping and Breeding Huntsman Spiders, Heteropoda venatoria and Holconia sp.

R

54

Kriton Kunz

Holconia sp., Huntsman Spider

Eight-Eyed Hunters of the Night: Notes on Keeping and Breeding Huntsman Spiders, Heteropoda venatoria and Holconia sp.

R

54

Kriton Kunz

Holconia immanis [Huntsman spider species]

Biology and Captive Breeding of Huntsman Spiders

R

17

Francesco Tomasinelli

Hottentotta franzwerneri

Leiurus quinquestriatus, ~ gentili and Hottentotta jayakari jayakari

R

40

T Kasper

Observations in Morocco: Searching for the Montpellier Snake

R

62

Stephanie de Pury, Sascha Esser & Michel Aymerich

Hottentotta jayakari jayakari

Leiurus quinquestriatus, Hottentotta franzwerneri gentili and ~

R

40

T Kasper

Latrodectus spp, Widow Spiders

Captive Care and Breeding of ~

R&AH

6:3

Lenny Flank Jr

Latrodectus mactans, Black Widows

Introducing the ~ and Kin [Invertebrate Corner]

RH

2:2

Jerry G Walls

Leiurus quinquestriatus, Israeli Yellow Scorpion, Death Stalker

~, Hottentotta franzwerneri gentili and Hottentotta jayakari jayakari

R

40

T Kasper

Lycosa tarantula, Wolf Spider

Observations in Morocco: Searching for the Montpellier Snake

R

62

Stephanie de Pury, Sascha Esser & Michel Aymerich

Mastigoproctus giganteus, Vinegaroon

Whipscorpions: With and Without Tails

RH

2:11

Jerry G Walls

Megaloremmius leo

Eight-Eyed Hunters of the Night: Notes on Keeping and Breeding Huntsman Spiders, Heteropoda venatoria and Holconia sp. [passim]

R

54

Kriton Kunz

Mesobuthus gibbosus, Yellow Scorpion

~

R

43

Nikos Botsaris

Micrommata virescens [Huntsman spider species]

Biology and Captive Breeding of Huntsman Spiders

R

17

Francesco Tomasinelli

Misumena

Crab Spiders

R

56

Cesare Brizio & Piero Fariselli

Misumena vatia

Crab Spiders

R

56

Cesare Brizio & Piero Fariselli

Misumenops

Crab Spiders

R

56

Cesare Brizio & Piero Fariselli

Misumenops tricuspidatus

Crab Spiders

R

56

Cesare Brizio & Piero Fariselli

Monaeses

Crab Spiders

R

56

Cesare Brizio & Piero Fariselli

Oxyopes, Lynx Spiders

Crab Spiders

R

56

Cesare Brizio & Piero Fariselli

Oxyptila

Crab Spiders

R

56

Cesare Brizio & Piero Fariselli

Pandercetes [Huntsman spider species]

Biology and Captive Breeding of Huntsman Spiders

R

17

Francesco Tomasinelli

Pandinus cavimanus, Tasmanian Red Claw Scorpion

Pandinus imperator: Captive Care of the Emperor Scorpion

R

62

John F Taylor

Pandinus imperator, Emperor Scorpions

~, an animal that time forgot [Invertebrate Corner]

RH

2:1

Ray Hunziker

Pet Scorpions [Veterinarian Q&A]

Rs

4:8

Douglas Mader

Keeping the ~

R&AH

7:2

Philip A Purser

Questions and Answers [re handling]

PRK

3

?

The Emperor Rules

PRK

4

April Taylor

~: Captive Care of the Emperor Scorpion

R

62

John F Taylor

Pandinus viatorus, African Red Claw Scorpion

Pandinus imperator: Captive Care of the Emperor Scorpion

R

62

John F Taylor

Parabuthus scorpions

Scorpions of the genus ~

R

40

E Ythier

Parabuthus transvaalicus,Transvaal Spitting Fattail Scorpion

~

R

40

G Molisani

Paratibellus

Crab Spiders

R

56

Cesare Brizio & Piero Fariselli

Pardosa, Water Spiders

Corsairs of the Ponds: "Amphibian" Hunting Spiders of Central-Western Europe

R

36

Francesco Tomasinelli

Phrynarachne

Crab Spiders

R

56

Cesare Brizio & Piero Fariselli

Pirata, Swamp Wolf Spiders

Corsairs of the Ponds: "Amphibian" Hunting Spiders of Central-Western Europe

R

36

Francesco Tomasinelli

Philodromidae, Running Crab Spiders

Crab Spiders

R

56

Cesare Brizio & Piero Fariselli

Philodromus

Crab Spiders

R

56

Cesare Brizio & Piero Fariselli

Phormictopus cancerides, Haitian Brown Tarantula

Tips on Keeping the ~

R

25

Philip A Purser

Pisauridae, Giant Fishing Spiders

Creature Feature: Walking on Water

PR

46

Francesco Tomasinelli

Pistius

Crab Spiders

R

56

Cesare Brizio & Piero Fariselli

Polybetes pytagoricus [Huntsman spider species]

Biology and Captive Breeding of Huntsman Spiders

R

17

Francesco Tomasinelli

Psalmopoeus

Maintien et reproduction de quelques espèces de mygales du genre ~ [Maintenance and breeding of several mygale species of the genus ~]

Si

1

Jean-Michel Verdez, Michel Cleton

Rhitymna sp.

Eight-Eyed Hunters of the Night: Notes on Keeping and Breeding Huntsman Spiders, Heteropoda venatoria and Holconia sp. [passim]

R

54

Kriton Kunz

Runcinia

Crab Spiders

R

56

Cesare Brizio & Piero Fariselli

Scorpio maurus

Observations in Morocco: Searching for the Montpellier Snake

R

62

Stephanie de Pury, Sascha Esser & Michel Aymerich

Scorpions

Unchanged by Eternity

R

5

I Castellvi

~ in the Terrarium

R Lippe

Pet Scorpions [Veterinarian Q&A]

Rs

4:8

Douglas Mader

~ in captivity

IR

6:8

Steve Dye

De l'Ère primaire à l'Ère atomique: le Scorpion [from the first age to the atomic age: the scorpion]

Si

2

Claude Grenot

Sicarius testaceous, Six-Eyed Crab Spiders

Six-Eyed Crab Spiders: A South African Mystery [Invertebrate Corner]

RH

3:8

Marie de Jager

Solpugida, windscorpions

Introducing the ~

RH

2:3

Jerry G Walls

Sparassidae, Huntsman Spiders

Biology and Captive Breeding of ~

R

17

Francesco Tomasinelli

Synaema

Crab Spiders

R

56

Cesare Brizio & Piero Fariselli

Tarantula marginemaculata, Spotted Tailless Whip

Whipscorpions: With and Without Tails

RH

2:11

Jerry G Walls

Thanatus

Crab Spiders

R

56

Cesare Brizio & Piero Fariselli

Theraphosidae, Tarantulas

The Princess

PR

31 (4/00)

Russ Rozell

Big Hairy Spiders: An Introduction to the Family ~

R

25

Francesco Tomasinelli

Thomisidae, Crab Spiders

Crab Spiders

R

56

Cesare Brizio & Piero Fariselli

Thomisus

Crab Spiders

R

56

Cesare Brizio & Piero Fariselli

Thomisus onustus

Crab Spiders

R

56

Cesare Brizio & Piero Fariselli

Tibellus

Crab Spiders

R

56

Cesare Brizio & Piero Fariselli

Tmarus

Crab Spiders

R

56

Cesare Brizio & Piero Fariselli

Uropygi, whipscorpions

Whipscorpions: With and Without Tails

RH

2:11

Jerry G Walls

Spineless Wonders: Cracking the Whip Scorpion

Rs

10:10

Arthur V Evans, DSc

Vesubia jugorum, Wolf Spider

The Quest for ~

R

33

Emanuele Biggi and Francesco Tomasinelli

Xysticus

Crab Spiders

R

56

Cesare Brizio & Piero Fariselli

General Invertebrate Articles

Magazine

Issue

Author

A Brief Encounter [chance meeting with a Mexican tarantula]

PR

45

Russell Rozell

Dangerous Tarantulas

[Herp Mail]

R&AH

6:3

Tom Mazorlig

Field Guide to Spiders & Scorpions of Texas

In Review

RH

3:8

Jerry G Walls

Fried Tarantulas in Cambodia

News Brief: Reptile News

R

25

?

Handling Scorpions and Tarantulas

Questions and Answers

PRK

3

?

Health Care and Diseases of Theraphosidae Spiders

IR

6:8

Romain Pizzi, BVSc, MSc, MRCVS

How Spiders Came to Be [legend of Arachne]

News Brief: Reptile News

R

25

?

Invertebrate Prey for Terrarium Animals

R

38

F Bruse and H Werning

Spiders: A Must-see Exhibit

RH

3:7

Mary Edith Moore

Total Terrariums [for spiders]

PR

40

Francesco Tomasinelli


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