Genus Cyriopagopus (a.k.a. Haplopelma)

[Dave]

Hmmm... now there's something I didn't consider... possible different genus, never mind species!

Here's another post molt

Here is a PRE molt. Serious color difference.

Sorry about the crappy pictures.

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Just found this thread, Chris. http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?155725-Ornithoctonus-sp-Koh-Samui-questions
I'm guessing this is the dwarf form of Ornithoctonus aureotibialis and not a Haplo at all. :/ lol Cool! (but wrong thread now!)
Do you know if they have a common name?

 

[Deftones90]

Either way its a damn good looking T.

 

[syndicate]

Hi Dave,
Your spider is 100% an Ornithoctonus species!
I can't say for certain which species from the photo.Also I don't try to use common names either!They only make things more confusing to be honest!
-Chris

 

[Scorpendra]

Good luck, Chris! That species is high up on my list :wink:

My C. schioedtei s'ling. Molted the other day, but hasn't come out for a photo op yet.

 

[Dave]

Well that settles it! Thanks, Chris. I know what you mean about those confusing common names. lol

 

[foxtrot]

guys, could you tell me the difference of Cyriopagopus sp. "sumatran tiger" with C. schioedtei?
i see these two species have similar morph and color, aren't they?

 

[creepa]

Haplopelma minax male

 

[spiderengineer]

MY female haplopelma albostriatum "silver"

 

[spiderengineer]

I hope some one can help me out confirming my thoughts on this T. when I look it seems there is confusion between some of the haplopelma hainanum and haplopelma schmidti. I bought this one frome petcenter USA as a haplopelma hainanum and I want to give them the benefit of the doubt, but this T seems like a haplopelma schmidti to me.




so can any body tell me which one this fella is.

 

[creepa]

How big is it?, could it still be a juvenile?

 

[spiderengineer]

I it was sold as 2" inches so I am assuming its a juvinile

 

[jarmst4]

H. Lividum waiting for a meal.

 

[Armstrong5]

When they are juvies it's almost impossible to tell the two apart but I would seriously doubt it's a schmidti simply because they are so rare. I think it's a hainanum.

 

[spiderengineer]

ok Great like I said I got it from pet center usa and I wanted to give them the benefit of the doubt, but I just wasn't expecting it to be so gold color. It makes sense that both the schimidti and Hainanum are indistingusible as juvinile since really they are only seperate by geography. I guess we can thank darwin and his finches on that one.

 

[creepa]

I it was sold as 2" inches so I am assuming its a juvinile

Then what makes you think its a schmidti?

 

[spiderengineer]

Like I said just wasn't expecting it to be that gold I was think it would have been more brown, because hainanums are all black when they mature right? So it just seem to me that is one hell of a color change. And schmidti seem to be a more brown gold color when they mature (again from what I understood) so that's why I wanted to check about.

 

[creepa]

Im also not an expert but 1 thing i know is that tarantula's can completely change over night...

 

[jbm150]

MM Cyriopagopus sp. Sumatran tiger

 

[Kazaam]

H. minax and her log house.

 

[creepa]

0.1 H. lividum