After getting to encounter this species in the wild it is no wonder they are so sesative. The cloud forest that they inhabit is well constantly coverd in clouds so the humidity is almost always around 100%. The temps rarley got above 70-73 degrees and night time temps were about 5-8 degreed...
Aphonopelma chalcodes has been documented many times sharing its burrow with Gastrophryne olivacea the Great Plains Narrow-mouthed Toad. Tarantulas sharring there burrows with apmphibians has been known for a long time know.
-Brandon-
Lelle,
Man I have been visiting your web sight for as long as I can remember, and I have to say one photographer to another that your shots have gotten increasingly better and better throughout the years. I have to say that you are even starting to make me jealous!
Looks like it was a great...
OldHag,
Now you see the problem with common names. I'v lived here in az my whole life and have heard allot of people call the gopher snakes out here bull snakes.
-Brandon-
Iv encountered many many P. catenifer that have been agressive in the field, I was just giving you what I know. I agree that it is a goapher, It would be much eaiser to ID with a local! I could be wronge hence I said "is likly a subspecies under catenifer"
-Brandon-
All of this is nonsense, Bull snakes and Goapher snakes are pretty much the same thing, they all belong to the genus Pituophis and is likly a subspecies under catenifer, so you have
Pituophis catenifer _______?
Good luck you should be able to use the vast internet resources to find out...
Lelle,
Actually I do have a habitat pic however I cant seem to find it! That spiders actually originated off of Mt Ord were I took you to look for C. o. cerberus, and no I didnt find any snakes :(. That spider actually came from almost the same spot that we found the male crossing the road...
Sheri,
With all the time that I spend in the field it took me entell last year before I sw my first wild one, infact I saw two in one night. They looked like little flat pancakes running across the road.
Also are you coming in August Patrik, said he was going alone??
-Brandon-
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