Sold as Chalcodes, not so sure anymore
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Is this Grammostola Pulchra?
Sold as Chalcodes, not so sure anymore
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Yamato

Sold as Chalcodes, not so sure anymore

She was sold to me by Tarantula Canada as Aphonopelma Chalcodes ♀ "mexican varient". Recently molted and her body turned black is this a variation or a different species?
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Yamato
me and my Ts said:
Definitely not a chalcodes, very pretty though
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Yeah I was talking to some people on discord and they said it might be Aphonopelma steindachneri, it's weird she was very brown when I got her she only changed after her first molt in my care
 
NMTs
Yamato said:
Yeah I was talking to some people on discord and they said it might be Aphonopelma steindachneri, it's weird she was very brown when I got her she only changed after her first molt in my care
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I wouldn't necessarily say it's not A. chalcodes based on the darker coloration. They molt out dark more frequently than you'd think. Search the forums for dark or black chalcodes and you can find plenty of examples.

My Arizona Blonde T has gone black after molt?!

Hi peeps. My Arizona Blonde molted yesterday. It was brown/sandy colour before now it’s black with slight brown legs. She has turned into my Brazilian Black T!! I was calling her she because the website I bought her from (which is one of the most well known and supposedly reputable sellers of...
arachnoboards.com
 
Yamato
NMTs said:
I wouldn't necessarily say it's not A. chalcodes based on the darker coloration. They molt out dark more frequently than you'd think. Search the forums for dark or black chalcodes and you can find plenty of examples.

My Arizona Blonde T has gone black after molt?!

Hi peeps. My Arizona Blonde molted yesterday. It was brown/sandy colour before now it’s black with slight brown legs. She has turned into my Brazilian Black T!! I was calling her she because the website I bought her from (which is one of the most well known and supposedly reputable sellers of...
arachnoboards.com
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Thanks for the info! She looks super cool in that color so either way she's super chill, it's probably a chalcodes because the sellers are very reputable.
 
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Yamato said:
Hey sorry about the long reply apparently she is from the Cancún area in the Quintana Roo state.
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Quintana Roo would be too far south to be any species that could also be found in the United States. The location alone would rule out species such as Aphonopelma chalcodes or A. steindachneri which we could expect to be found in a bordering Mexican state such as Sonora or Baja California. My suggestion would be to relabel this one as Aphonopelma sp. "Cancun, Quintana Roo" since a proper identification wouldn't be possible at this time.

Out of curiosity, do you have any pictures of what it looked like before molting and turning all black? I'm intrigued by this one.
 
Yamato
AphonopelmaTX said:
Quintana Roo would be too far south to be any species that could also be found in the United States. The location alone would rule out species such as Aphonopelma chalcodes or A. steindachneri which we could expect to be found in a bordering Mexican state such as Sonora or Baja California. My suggestion would be to relabel this one as Aphonopelma sp. "Cancun, Quintana Roo" since a proper identification wouldn't be possible at this time.

Out of curiosity, do you have any pictures of what it looked like before molting and turning all black? I'm intrigued by this one.
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Coco Pre molt

Coco Pre molt


Coco day one

Coco day one

Here are the pre molt pictures one was the day I got her June/22 the other was December when she was in pre molt.
 
Yamato
So you can see she really looks like a chalcodes at first and as a note the breeder was based out of Cancún, so it doesn't necessarily mean that's where she's from but I'd assume here genealogy comes from that general area
 
Isaax Critterz
Maybe another Aphonopelma species. I've never seen a chalcodes look like a pulchra. Depending on the photos I've been seeing, It might be an Aphonopelma hentzi.
 

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