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Josh...thanks so much for sharing this with us! It is all very exciting and I cannot wait to hear new updates!
That snake is a Bothrops, but I don't recognize the species. And it's nice that they're following the Atheris matildae model for responsible propagation into the hobby for these new Ts.
You are very welcomeJosh...thanks so much for sharing this with us! It is all very exciting and I cannot wait to hear new updates!
Never heard of the species. Thanks for furthering my knowledge base.Frywulf, if you are referring to the Bothrops in my flickr account, it is Bothrops pictus.
Where's the reference in the article, not the very, very, vague Csakany "description"...Josh, stumbled across this and thought you might find it interesting as it specifically mentions your T: http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/tetrapod-zoology/tiny-frogs-and-giant-spiders-best-of-friends/
As to the latter, yes. And he's stated previously that the locals call them chicken spiders.Where's the reference in the article, not the very, very, vague Csakany "description"...
Which T of Josh's? The one he posted in the opening post of the thread?
Ah, I see. thanks for that!As to the latter, yes. And he's stated previously that the locals call them chicken spiders.
Patience, they have to get the animals first, you'll probably will be in college by the time there is any slings to have paper work done on.You should put some slings up for sale here as soon as you can, I want one
For those of you followin this thread, my friend and I have started building the breeding room for the sp. red wing and Hapalotremus. Here are a few photos. This project is my friends baby. I am just helping him get it built and getting spiders to breed. Time frame for permits and exportation will all depend on him. But here are some photos of one wall that we got done.
Lets hope this project gets rolling fast from here!
JOsh
The reason we made a slant from front to back is for visual appeal and more so, for the spiders. If the soil level was just flat, we would not be able to put very much dirt in the terrariums and the spiders would not be able to dig. You see, these terrariums are front opening and the soil dam is only about 5cm tall, so the slant to the back allows for a much deeper substrate to the back side to allow for lots of digging room.Josh- what prompted you to make the substrate have an angle?? Looks interesting, most people just have the sub parallel with the bottom of container.
LED lights?
In the pictures, you can see the blue screen vents. They are large enough to allow sufficient air flow. These spiders are very tolerant of dry conditions, so they do not need to be soaked constantly. A good misting or flooding the burrow is sufficient after the substrate has dried and the water gets absorbed into the soil and the spiders are content. My friend has set a goal to be successful with these spiders and get them into the hobby. He has many connections in exportation as that is the field he currently works in (with avocados) so I am sure he will make it work in the future.Most excellent, I'm curious though, do you have some sort of air circulation going on in that set up? I don't mean to be a pest just am curious to know how to make these species happy in case the project is successful and are exported to the states.