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Rescued this little dude from petco, it immediately molted after housing, I thought it was a t. Vagans but the metallic copper-red carapace has me second guessing
Carapace is too dark to be B. albiceps. None of my many B. albiceps juveniles have ever had a dark carapace like the one yours has.
It's likely a T. vagans. Other guess would be T. verdezi, it that is way more unlikely.
 
After comparing the spermatheca with the different species it seems most likely that it is a T. Kahlenbergi
Carapace is too dark to be B. albiceps. None of my many B. albiceps juveniles have ever had a dark carapace like the one yours has.
It's likely a T. vagans. Other guess would be T. verdezi, it that is way more unlikely.
So after I retreived the molt and sexed it, I compared the spermatheca to various species and it seems to match most closely to the T. Kahlenbergi
 
Carapace is too dark to be B. albiceps. None of my many B. albiceps juveniles have ever had a dark carapace like the one yours has.
I figured it was just dark because it had just molted and that it would lighten up eventually.

So after I retreived the molt and sexed it, I compared the spermatheca to various species and it seems to match most closely to the T. Kahlenbergi
Good that it was a female so you were able to examine the spermathecae!
 

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