Poecilotheria sp. sri lanka

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Hello all.

Today i received a book, "Tarantulas of the world Theraphosidae" by: Francois TEYSSIE and while browsing through the pictures i saw an absolutely stunning picture of 'Poecilotheria sp "Sri Lanka"'.

The book is a few years old so some of the taxonomy is wrong so i was wondering if anybody knows what this species has been renamed to. Comparing to pictures from the interweb, it looks like it might be P. bara?

And with regards to that i want to make sure that i properly understand that P. bara, P. sp lowland, and P. subfusca 'lowland' are all referring to the same species.

Thanks in advance!
 
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I would assume fasciata...its common name is the sri-lanken ornamental afterall....could be any poec from the island though.
 
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Six species of Poecilotheria have been recorded in Sri Lanka- Poecilotheria fasciata, Poecilotheria ornata, Poecilotheria subfusca, Poecilotheria uniformis, Poecilotheria smithi and Poecilotheria pederseni..

Imo these species are visually different enough to ID by cross referencing your photo to those found on this site and to a lesser degree google..
 
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If I’m not mistaken, Teyssie is speaking here of the sp. we call Poecilotheria sp. subfusca lowland (or sp. bara according to some specialists) in the hobby.
 
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If it wasn't for copy rights this would be a lot easier...

This one was a pretty distinctive looking. the 'abdomen' and legs looked almost all black with significantly smaller Pokie patterns than most other speicies. The other thing that was most striking (to me at least) was a lot of Purple: Much of the carapace is a purplish tone and basically the entire femur on the first and second pairs of legs as well as the femur(?) of the pedipalps are a almost completely purple.

Note: Only a dorsal view is given. Sounds like it probably is sp lowland/bara.

Thanks for the help.
 
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If i can find the picture anywhere i will link it, but so far no luck.

@shutout2000 The book clearly states no unauthorized reproduction of any content in part or full or i would just snap a photo of it.
 
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14pokies said:
Poecilotheria fasciata, Poecilotheria ornata, Poecilotheria subfusca, Poecilotheria uniformis, Poecilotheria smithi and Poecilotheria pederseni..
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I thought P. uniformis and P. pederseni where invalid?
 
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Cas S said:
I thought P. uniformis and P. pederseni where invalid?
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Pederseni was renamed vitatta, as for uniformis as far as I know the only data we have on it comes from an old preserved specimen. I have heard people say it's just fasciata but the color has been leached out from preservation. I'm not sure if it's a avalid species or not. Taxonomy drives me crazy and I go to great lengths to avoid it. The information I presented is based off of what I learned years ago so you could be partially correct.

As far as I know vitatta (formerly pederseni) is endemic to Sri-Lanka it just underwent a name change.
 
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Cas S said:
there that PURPLE!? :astonished:
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In the right lighting and angle yes. Overall they look black and white like most pokies. Still beautiful none the less.. What other species do you own? It's not a bad second T if you started with something like P.irminia.. If you have a slow moving N/W terrestrial then it's not a very good idea getting one so soon..
 
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