MOLUR, S., M. SILLIWAL & B. A. DANIEL (200: At last! Indian Tarantulas on IUCN Red List. Zoos' Print XXIII(12): 1-3.
In 1998, the Species Survival Commission Wildlife Trade Office in Cambridge contacted theInvertebrate Conservation Network of South Asia for information on tarantula spiders in the wild. It seems the Sri Lankan government and the US Fish and Wildlife Service had proposed inclusion of the genus Poecilotheria under the Appendices of CITES due to increasing trade. Lack of information on these spiders since their first descriptions in early1900s prompted us to take up a preliminary survey under ICINSA, the Invertebrate Conservation and information Network of South Asia.
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In 1998, the Species Survival Commission Wildlife Trade Office in Cambridge contacted theInvertebrate Conservation Network of South Asia for information on tarantula spiders in the wild. It seems the Sri Lankan government and the US Fish and Wildlife Service had proposed inclusion of the genus Poecilotheria under the Appendices of CITES due to increasing trade. Lack of information on these spiders since their first descriptions in early1900s prompted us to take up a preliminary survey under ICINSA, the Invertebrate Conservation and information Network of South Asia.
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