# Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for Five Poecilotheria Tarantula Species From Sri Lanka
> **US Fish and Wildlife Service** · Final rule. · Published 2018-07-31 · Effective 2018-08-30 · 83 FR 36755
## Document
- **Document number:** 2018-16359
- **Category:** endangered-species
- **Sub-agency:** US Fish and Wildlife Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 83 FR 36755
- **CFR reference:** 50 CFR 17
- **Publication date:** 2018-07-31
- **Effective date:** 2018-08-30
- **Interior docket:** Docket No. FWS-HQ-ES-2016-0076
## Abstract

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), determine endangered species status under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended, for the following five tarantula species from Sri Lanka: Poecilotheria fasciata, P. ornata, P. smithi, P. subfusca, and P. vittata. The effect of this regulation will be to add these species to the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/07/31/2018-16359/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-endangered-species-status-for-five-poecilotheria)
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