Now that there is a picture of this spider with its legs more extended, this is going to be either Cyriopagopus lividus or Cyriopagopus longipes. C. longipes and C. lividus are separated from all other species of Cyripagopus by the much longer and darker leg 4 in comparison to leg 1 which this spider does. The mentioned species can be distinguished from each other by the presence or absence of long hairs on the metatarsus and tarsus of leg 4. C. longipes has the long hairs and C. lividus does not. I'm going with C. longipes for this one since it appears from this picture the long hairs are present, but a clearer picture would be best. Color doesn't matter in identification of the two species since there is a blue form of C. longipes. Referencing some of the comments in the other post, the name it was sold as definitely doesn't matter as these are frequently misidentified in the pet trade.
@Spiderguy47 I don't know your source for such an odd character distinguishing Cyriopagopus vonwirthi from all other Cyriopagopus species, but there are other characters you can use to separate C. longipes, C. lividus, and whatever species is being sold as C. vonwirthi. C. longipes has a row of very small thorns on the inside of the papal coxae (maxillae) that runs parallel to and beneath the suture; C. lividus and as far as I know C. vonwirthi doesn't. It is hard to tell what Cyriopagopus vonwirthi really is since there is debate on what species the spider Gunter Schmidt described. von Wirth considers C. vonwirthi synonymous with C. minax but there is no good description of C. minax in order to make a positive identification. What I can tell you is that your spider is definitely not what is commonly sold as Cyriopagopus vonwirthi. The pet trade C. vonwirthi has all legs about equal length and is fairly uniform in color with no blue on it anywhere.
Thanks for the help. Also how long does it usually take them to burrow. She's still to stressed to eat and I feel that a burrow will make her more confident.
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