A chalcodes or L polycuspulatus?
Shaka

A chalcodes or L polycuspulatus?

A chalcodes or L polycuspulatus?
Mature Female, quite an old girl. Trying to figure out exactly what she is.
 
tough one. Because typically L poly's have that subtle stripe on the lower leg which you can sort of see here
 
If you have a molt you can at least narrow the identification down to the genus by examining the spermatheca. Why do you think it can only be one of the two mentioned species though?
 
If you have a molt you can at least narrow the identification down to the genus by examining the spermatheca. Why do you think it can only be one of the two mentioned species though?
It's caused a bit of a tussle between two breeders here in SA. We're waiting for a molt, but I had the T here with me to photograph as "A chalcodes" and something didn't look right to me so I went and did some online image research but this specimen did not look like any images for A chalcodes. So I kept looking until I found L polycuspulatus, and all the descriptions for this sp matched what I believe I was seeing in this specimen in the photos. I know it's not accurate, but for a best guess scenario, and purely on physical ID, I think it's L polycuspulatus - purely my opinion based on what I see. Was just wondering what others might think based on these photos specifically.
 

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