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