B. smithi strange carapace pattern

[Olan]

My juvie B. smithi has the black color only on the front half of her carapace. All the individuals I've seen have the black go almost all the way to the back, and don't have a straight line where it stops. Do I have a weirdo? Or is this just a variant I haven't seen?

 

[basin79]

My girl doesn't have the black all the way to the back.

 

[Jeff23]

Look up brachypelma annitha for another variant. It is likely that all of them are the same species but scientific work is still being done to determine any differences.

EDIT* Nice Pictures

 

[Olan]

My girl doesn't have the black all the way to the back.
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Yeah, but yours does have some black on either side behind the fovea, but mine stops at the fovea. Maybe she'll get more black further back as she grows. I'll update this thread over the next 10 years to keep track!

 

[Hydrazine]

I think that your smithi is simply young. My smithi girl's black portion of the carapace grows with each molt.

 

[bryverine]

I'll update this thread over the next 10 years to keep track!

Oh boy, @Toxoderidae might just have to kill you now...