Can anyone ID please?

[paulbrown09]

I bought this T today, being told it was a MF H. Lividum. I know you can only see the blue colour under under certain lighting, and the underside of the legs do have a lovely blue shine. I've set the tank up perfectly for a H. Lividum, but i just want clarification that it is actually a Blue Colbalt, otherwise i'll change the tank to suit the T.

Heres the photo:

Can anyone provide a positive ID for H. Lividum, or have i been sold something totally different. It's about 4 - 5 inches, or around that size.

Thanks for the help!
Paul

 

[codykrr]

defiantly looks like a haplopelma. Maybe H. minax?

 

[Mez]

Dosnt look like one to me, I know the mature male are dark, but females are visably blue. Also the pattern on the abdomen dosnt look right...i can't tell you what it is, though.

 

[Chris_Skeleton]

Doesn't look like H. lividum to me.

 

[paulbrown09]

It does look like a H. Minax, but it looks too dark to be a MM and the abdomen looks too light to be a MF, very very odd

 

[codykrr]

doesnt look like a MM.

I am going to bet it is H. minax or Haplopelma sp. vietnam or Haplopelma longipes

check out here

http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?t=182018

go to the haplopelma part.

 

[paulbrown09]

Thanks for the link Cody.

To be honest, it's a beautiful Tarantula, though looking at the tank, i could do with it being a bit deeper, so i'm going to see if i can find a deeper enclosure. At the moment, it's not burrowing, and when taking the lid off, it's not too vicious, i'm guessing that it's still getting used to it's surroundings?