Amblypigid ID.

[Androctonus_bic]

This is my amblypigid. I think is a specie of genus Phrynus, but what is the specie?

 

[Goliath]

Looks just like a Damon sp' diadema or variagatus. Those are thwo most commen ones you will find in the hobby. A real nice female you have there.
Mike

 

[Kaos]

Looks like a Damon diadema female. Can you get a picture of the carapace from above?

 

[Androctonus_bic]

Is not a Damon. It comes from south america. I is bigger than a diadematus and a variegattus. This is not a common amblypigid. Some body know the specie?

That is a variegatus.

http://homepage3.nifty.com/petspets/Invertebrates/amblypygi/2005_0401_1203411.JPG

 

[Goliath]

Sorry for the hasty response, it just looks exactly like all my large female Damon diademas. The smaller females are much lighter in color and as they get bigger they darken cosiderably. What are the specifications on this particular specimen, size (leg span, body length, and whip span). Are the origins any more specific than south american? It does not look like any Phrynus I have ever seen but I have not seen them all, so that does not mean that it is not.
Mike

 

[Kaos]

Are you 100% sure that it is from south america. How big is it? Ive gotten extremely big WC's from Tanzania. If you look at the feature I've marked out on your pic and compare to the D. variegatus you linked a pic of, that feature looks very similar. However if you look on this Phrynus longipes: http://www.kingsnake.com/westindian/phrynuslongipes2.JPG
The thorns on the pedipalps looks quite different, see the row of thorns of similar lenght, and they seem this way on all pics of Phrynus I've found.

PS: I'm by far a expert on amplypid's so it's just an opinion.

 

[NewGriot]

I would say Damon spec. too...from Southern Africa...

Think you are Punk`d....

I`m sorry if it`s so...

 

[Elytra and Antenna]

Sorry for the hasty response, it just looks exactly like all my large female Damon diademas. The smaller females are much lighter in color and as they get bigger they darken cosiderably. What are the specifications on this particular specimen, size (leg span, body length, and whip span). Are the origins any more specific than south american? It does not look like any Phrynus I have ever seen but I have not seen them all, so that does not mean that it is not.
Mike

No need to apologize Mike. Amblypigids from different continents can look very similar but that pic is a high quality one and the chances of that animal not being Damon diadema are slim to none.
Androctonus_bic - if you paid more than you would have for Damon, you were scammed. That animal is not from South America.

 

[Elytra and Antenna]

P.S. The nifty pets pets pic linked to is probably Damon variegatus because of the large suture across the prosoma but the lighting is a little odd in that photo so it could be a shadow on a diadema.

 

[Androctonus_bic]

Is not a diadematus for sure.But now and after watching a lot of pics about variegatus make me to be confused. This image doesen't say that is the same specie.

http://homepage3.nifty.com/petspets/Invertebrates/amblypygi/2005_0401_1203411.JPG

http://www.spiderfarm.de/images/Damon variegatus.JPG

http://arthropoda.free.fr/images/photos/arachnida/amblypygi/damon_variegatus/ed_damon_variegatus_001

But this one makes to me to dude.

http://www.zoom-rep.jp/oth0004 002.jpg