Davus fasciatus

Chris LXXIX

Chris LXXIX

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gypsy cola said:
Are these dwarfs? Growth rate?
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I wouldn't consider those "dwarfs" (I mean, not like true so called "Dwarfs" T's) but they are on the little size for my standards. Grow rate is a bit slow. I'm not a master of inches but I say 8/9 cm legspan.
 
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sdsnybny said:
D. pentaloris ;)


Mine grow pretty good definitely not slow
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I thought pentaloris was the 'doppelganger' of fasciatum but didnt grow as large, more of a dwarf? Or is that Davus pentalore??
 
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KezyGLA said:
I thought pentaloris was the 'doppelganger' of fasciatum but didnt grow as large, more of a dwarf? Or is that Davus pentalore??
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Thats what I was under the impression was the case till I found the paper

Whats going to muddle the road now is the 4 diff abdomen patterns of D. pentaloris. Are they diff locals" Have they already been mixed? Should we even attempt to keep them separate after years of not knowing the diff. They have been sold as all four for year, which names were inadvertently added to boost sales.
I think we should enjoy our hobby forms unless you know exactly where they were collected.
 
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sdsnybny said:
Thats what I was under the impression was the case till I found the paper

Whats going to muddle the road now is the 4 diff abdomen patterns of D. pentaloris. Are they diff locals" Have they already been mixed? Should we even attempt to keep them separate after years of not knowing the diff. They have been sold as all four for year, which names were inadvertently added to boost sales.
I think we should enjoy our hobby forms unless you know exactly where they were collected.
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So it is going the same way as Euathlus .. The plot thickens :rofl:
 
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sdsnybny said:
They are not, nor have been in the hobby. There was a recent paper done on them by Ray Gabriel. C. fasciatum, C, pentalore are all Davus pentaloris (paper shows 4 diff abdomen markings/locals) D. fasciatusis is described but hasn't been in the hobby pics drawings show it smaller and with a dark or black carapace.

This paper
Revised taxonomic placement of the species in
the Central American genera Davus O. Pickard-
Cambridge, 1892, Metriopelma Becker, 1878, and
Schizopelma F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897, with
comments on species in related genera (Araneae:
Theraphosidae)
Ray Gabriel

http://birdspiders.com/gallery/index.php/search?q=Davus+facsiatus&submit=Go
http://arachnids.myspecies.info/taxonomy/term/1652
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^^^^^ This

I have a Davus pentaloris female and three slings. I have noticed that some sellers are calling theirs Davus fasciatus, but the picture shows pentaloris. You might want to confirm what you are getting before making a purchase. All of mine have the lighter color carapace.

My 4.5" female is out in the open 24/7 and has webbed up some plastic greenery in the corner of the enclosure as her home. She has never used the cork bark/burrow I provided. She is docile and has only shown defensive stances against crickets that wander into her web home.

I bought the slings as 3/4"-1" size back in September 2016 and one of them is approximately 2" DLS now. The other two have been burrowed recently for premolt and are slightly smaller. The slings all headed for moisture when they were first received. None of them are staying near moisture now. The largest sling has also started sitting out in the open always except when I open the lid. Both the larger sling and female occasionally make a trip around the enclosure. But neither is as active on webbing as my GBB's. The sling colors are fairly similar to the adult colors on mine.
 
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