Hello. I want to introduce my sp. Lowland female to male.
Is it clear lowland or hybrid? I don't want to breed crosses so I hope someone more experienced can help.
Picture of my male in comments.
If I remember my hobby hearsay correctly, this would be a Poecilotheria subfusca "Highland". P. subfusca "Lowland" would be much lighter in coloration. The reason being "highland" means they are found at a high elevation requiring the development of dark coloration to absorb more heat from light. "Lowland" would be the opposite: low elevation, warmer temperatures, thus lighter coloration.
I thought subfusca highland are much smaller - about 5cm BL with stripes on abdomen and more visible mark while lowland has creamy pattern with less visible mark, no stripes and should be much bigger. This one is about 8cm BL. Also what I could translate few months ago from some German book about Poecilotheria spp. the color of carapace depends on specimen, plays secondary role.
I also asked few bigger and experienced breeders from my country, Poland, this female could be clear lowland form but unfortunately male it is almost impossible to get true lowland male in Europe now, most are mixed.
Well, it's the same here in Europe. I've been asking a lot of people who had specimens from natural habitat few years ago but they all are gone now, most of males are hybrids between lowland and highland forms.
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