@CEC After a little bit more research and comparison, this sounds like the best answer and seems accurate.
With the understanding that this is not a 100% guarantee, I thank you for your time, and will advise my friend that this is perhaps not the ideal beginner tarantula.
Its what I was thinking too since its a native, but I have raised these from slings. Although the green sheen and colouring is similar, it still doesnt look right. The setae is too wild n floofy.
Maybe it bumped into a B. albo and now there will be an arboreal form
@KezyGLA I thought the setae were a little off too, but knowing all the variation that can occur from individual to individual, and the fact that this seems definitely more like a juvie to me, P. reduncus seems to be the most accurate ID I can find.
Maybe it's a new species or subspecies? It definitely has that Psalmopoeus-esque look to its tarsal segments, if you can see what I mean.
I'd always be keen on mother nature creating new Ts for us, though. Heh.
If there were some way for it to survive the trip from CR to AZ (and if my friend didn't want to keep it) I might be asking her to send it my way. There's only so much that photos can tell, after all.
@KezyGLA Seems that I managed to get that friend of mine convinced to join Arachnoboards. Hopefully she drops in in a second, has some interesting additional descriptions for ya.
Hey! I'm Lovett's friend. He converted me into a keeper of tarantulas. Now, granted I've loved them ever since I was little. Keeping them though was all Lovett.
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