Blackboard Tree vs spitting spiders

Alstonia scholaris compared with Scytodes fusca

Key Differences

• Blackboard Tree is Least Concern while spitting spiders is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blackboard Tree	spitting spiders
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Araneae (Araneae)
Family	Apocynaceae	Scytodidae
Genus	Alstonia	Scytodes
Species	Alstonia scholaris	Scytodes fusca

Conservation Status

Blackboard Tree

LC — Least Concern

spitting spiders

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blackboard Tree	spitting spiders
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blackboard Tree

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Micronesia, Taiwan, and United States.

spitting spiders

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial habitats from forests to deserts.

Range

Distributed across Canada, Colombia, Denmark, Ecuador, and South Africa.

Blackboard Tree

The Blackboard Tree (Alstonia scholaris) is a species in the genus Alstonia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.