KezyGLA
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I wanted to start a thread to share the different variants of this amazing species that covers such a vast area.
A lot of people see the following TCF, DCF, BCF, OCF, RCF etc following P. murinus. Here is what they stand for-
BCF - Brown Colour Form
DCF - Dark Colour Form
OCF - Orange Colour Form
RCF - Red Colour Form
TCF - Typical Colour Form
UMV- Usambara Mountains Variant
Many folks are probably under the impression that there is only one variant of each form. But there are multiple for some.
Here are some localities to some of the variants -
BCF - Tete, Mozambique
DCF - Botswana/Zimbabwe, Kenya, Kigoma, Mikumi
OCF - Usambara Mountains Region
RCF - Usambara Mountains Region
TCF - Kenya, Mozambique
UMV - Usambara Mountains Region
Each locality seems to have differences, even if very subtle.
There are also some hobby forms that will fall under TCF and 'Classic'
Here are some photos I can share to show a few. I will add better photos to this thread when I can. Hopefully I will be able to share them all here. In the mean time, if anyone has pictures of adult female specimens that they can share along with variant and locality it would be great
Kigoma, Tanzania DCF
Usambara Mountains Region UMV
Kenya DCF
Tete, Mozambique BCF
Mozambique TCF
Hobby TCF
Classic/TCF
Zimbabwe DCF
(Photo posted with permission from Brian Ashby. Mine are still specks)
A lot of people see the following TCF, DCF, BCF, OCF, RCF etc following P. murinus. Here is what they stand for-
BCF - Brown Colour Form
DCF - Dark Colour Form
OCF - Orange Colour Form
RCF - Red Colour Form
TCF - Typical Colour Form
UMV- Usambara Mountains Variant
Many folks are probably under the impression that there is only one variant of each form. But there are multiple for some.
Here are some localities to some of the variants -
BCF - Tete, Mozambique
DCF - Botswana/Zimbabwe, Kenya, Kigoma, Mikumi
OCF - Usambara Mountains Region
RCF - Usambara Mountains Region
TCF - Kenya, Mozambique
UMV - Usambara Mountains Region
Each locality seems to have differences, even if very subtle.
There are also some hobby forms that will fall under TCF and 'Classic'
Here are some photos I can share to show a few. I will add better photos to this thread when I can. Hopefully I will be able to share them all here. In the mean time, if anyone has pictures of adult female specimens that they can share along with variant and locality it would be great
Kigoma, Tanzania DCF
Usambara Mountains Region UMV
Kenya DCF
Tete, Mozambique BCF
Mozambique TCF
Hobby TCF
Classic/TCF
Zimbabwe DCF
(Photo posted with permission from Brian Ashby. Mine are still specks)