Maratus elephans name is derived from the shape of the orange-red-blue markings on the abdomen fan of the male of the species, said to resemble an elephant. The fan is rimmed with hairs. The head of Maratus elephans is blue with broken bands of orange-red behind the eyes. The first specimens were identified from New South Wales, the
The Maratus elephans Elephant-face Peacock Spiders presented here were photographed in Tamworth, New South Wales.








- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Chelicerata
- Class: Arachnida
- Order: Araneae
- Infraorder: Araneomorphae
- Family: Salticidae
- Genus: Maratus
- Species: Maratus elephans

Footnote & References
- Photographs © Michael Doe
- Maratus elephans Otto & Hill, 2015, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Maratus elephans
- Elephant-face Peacock Spider (Maratus elephans), iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/568034-Maratus-elephans
- Maratus elephans, a new species of Peacock Spider from New South Wales, Joe Bauwens, Sciency Thoughts, http://sciencythoughts.blogspot.com/2015/04/maratus-elephans-new-species-of-peacock.html
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