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Theraphosidae

Malaysian Earth Tiger

Omothymus schioedteiLampropelma schioedtei · Cyriopagopus schioedtei

The page we cite does not state this figure. We opened it on 10 Aug 2026 and it gives no temperature for this species at all. The values above may still be right, but we cannot show you where they came from, and nobody here has checked them against a second source. Anything about a sick animal goes to a qualified exotic vet, not to a page. en.wikipedia.org

Photograph: Johannes Schuster · CC BY

Photographed by an observer on iNaturalist and published under a Creative Commons licence; the photographer and the licence are named under the image. It is not an animal of ours, and no animal was handled by us to produce it.

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Drag the sun. Malaysian Earth Tiger is nocturnal, so what it is doing changes with the light.

Arboreal · temperate · humidFrom the sheet: 24–28°C, humidity 75–85%

The way of life is written in this sheet, word for word. The climate words summarise the two figures above them, they do not add to them.

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Temperature24–28 °C
Humidity75–85 %
Enclosure30×30×45
Diet7–14 days

The numbers

Temperature

152025303540 °C
24–28°Ambient

One ambient band, 24–28°C. This sheet states no warm side, no cool side and no night figure, so none are shown. Same scale on every sheet here, so two species compare by eye.

The sheet states24-28°C (75-82°F)

Humidity

75–85%Target RH

The sheet states75-85%

Identity

Adult size

1.75 m7–8 cm
1520100400 cm
7–8 cmNose to tail, adult

The size the sheet states for a grown animal.

Why

Two drawings, because they answer two questions. The silhouette is at true scale against a 1.75 m person: it says how big this animal actually is, which no number does for someone who has never seen one. The bar under it is logarithmic and shared by every sheet here, so a 2 cm isopod and a 4 m python both stay readable on the same axis and two species can be compared at a glance.

Order / Family
Araneae
IUCN / CITES
Not evaluated (IUCN); CITES not yet in our data
Difficulty
Advanced (experts only)
Commonality
Popular – large red-legged arboreal in the SEA trade
Adult size
Body ~7–8 cm; leg span ~18–20 cm
Lifespan
Females ~12–14 yr; males ~3–4 yr
Growth rate
Fast
Activity & niche
Arboreal; tree-hollow dweller; nocturnal
Temperament
Very fast and defensive; teleport-bolts, big fangs
Venom / defense
No urticating hairs; medically significant venom – experts only; large and fast

Enclosure and conditions

Enclosure

30 cm45 cm
warm hidewatersubstrate
50100150200 cm
30 × 30 × 45 cmWidth × depth × height
9dm² of floor
Warm side: not in our dataUVB: not in our data

Drawn from the stated numbers. Only what the sheet states is drawn inside.

Why

The rectangle carries the exact width-to-height ratio of the figures above it, and the ruler under it places that width on the 0–250 cm scale every sheet here shares, so two species still compare at a glance. Nothing is added that the sheet does not name: a lamp drawn on a sheet that never mentions one would be invented equipment. What the sheet leaves out is listed rather than left blank, because an empty tank reads as « none needed ».

The sheet statesAdult tall enclosure ~30×30×45 cm; arboreal

Temperature
24–28°C (75–82°F)
Humidity
75–85%
Min. enclosure
Adult tall enclosure ~30×30×45 cm; arboreal
Substrate
6–10 cm moist coco fibre; vertical life
Hides / decor / water
Large vertical cork tube/slab, branches, foliage, water dish

What your climate adds

This sheet states a range to hold. Your local climate decides how much work holding it is. Pick the nearest city: nothing is sent anywhere, the choice stays in this browser.

Diet

Feeding rhythm

Juvenile
every 7 d
Adult
every 7–14 d
4Meals in 28 days · adult

Twenty-eight days, one row. Each band is a meal window. This sheet states a figure for each age, so each age has its row.

Why

The windows widen as they go because the interval is a range: four meals after a 10–14 day cycle land anywhere between day 40 and day 56. A young animal's row is drawn only where the sheet gives one: working it out by dividing the adult interval would be inventing a ration.

The sheet statesCrickets, roaches, locusts; large adults take bigger prey · Slings 2–3×/week; juveniles ~weekly; adults every 7–14 days

Staple food
Crickets, roaches, locusts; large adults take bigger prey
Feeding frequency
Slings 2–3×/week; juveniles ~weekly; adults every 7–14 days
Supplements
None – gut-load feeders only

Behaviour and handling

HandlingNot recommended – large, very fast, defensive with potent venom
CommunalNo – solitary and cannibalistic
Defense / stress signsTeleport-bolting, threat posture, striking; no hair-kicking

Reproduction

Life course

Day 0Hatch
12–14 yrLifespan in care
12 yrMinimum commitment
Sexual maturityNot in our data

Read from the lifespan and maturity the sheet states, for animals in care and not in the wild.

Why

The minimum commitment is the low end of that lifespan, and the reproductive window is what is left after maturity: both are subtractions on stated figures, not figures of their own.

Reproduction
Oviparous; arboreal egg sac, ~60–120 spiderlings; fast-growing slings

Common health problems

Common health issues
SignsFall/rupture (arboreal), dehydration, mold if over-damp, DKS from pesticides
Red flags / quarantine
SignsOften WC – quarantine for mites/nematodes; watch DKS, death curl; secure lid (fast, strong)

Good to know

  • A close cousin of the Singapore blue but decked in red-orange legs against a dark body – equally big and equally fast

What it needs

Enclosure at least 30 × 30 × 45 cmbecause enclosureAdult tall enclosure ~30×30×45 cm; arboreal
A thermometerbecause temp24-28°C (75-82°F)
A hygrometerbecause humidity75–85%

Every line above is deduced from a value this sheet states, and names which one. Nothing here is a general recommendation.

Sources

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What this sheet states

100%
TemperatureHumidityEnclosure sizeActivityOriginDietSourcesUVB

Every field this product runs on is stated here. That is not a claim that the values are right: it says what the sheet states, not whether it is true. Whether a human has read it is the badge at the top of this page.

UVB is measured but does not count: it is absent from 421 of 678 sheets, and on most of them that is not a gap, since a nocturnal snake's sheet has no reason to state a UV index. Counting it would call the library incomplete without cause.