Abstract
An exhaustive survey of spiders made throughout all the seasons from June 1998 to September 1999 in Vansda National Park (VNP) revealed the presence of 22 families of which Lyssomanidae and Theraphosidae were recorded for the first time from Gujarat State. In all, 124 species are represented from 67 different genera. Out of these 18 species of 12 genera are first records for Gujarat. The genus Scoloderus belonging to family Araneidae was recorded for the first time from India. An important first record of a theraphosid spier was Plesiophrictus sp. form the State.