Different "forms" of P.murinus

[Ceratogyrus]

Here is another P.murinus, apparently DCF.

 

[Ceratogyrus]

Some updated pics of the murinus
Pics of the mature female:




Mature male

 

[Nyarlathotep]

Oh god, never seen that DCF of murinus. Is that available in hobby? I really liked it!

 

[Ceratogyrus]

Oh god, never seen that DCF of murinus. Is that available in hobby? I really liked it!

Don't think they are common in the hobby. See them every now and again on forums, but not very common.

 

[Poec54]

Don't think they are common in the hobby. See them every now and again on forums, but not very common.

Are the DCF as fiesty and fast as the RCF?

 

[Ceratogyrus]

Are the DCF as fiesty and fast as the RCF?

Yes, same attitude (Although they were quite chilled for the photo shoot).
They web the same way as my usual RCF. If you had to look at the RCF and these in black and white, all habits, webbing, etc are identical.

 

[viper69]

What is Rcf and Dcf? Nice pics

 

[z32upgrader]

What is Rcf and Dcf? Nice pics

Red Color Form and Dark Color Form

 

[viper69]

And I thought they were only orange. No idea there were variants, interesting. I wonder if there is any difference in the native environment to select for 1 color over the other?

 

[Ceratogyrus]

And I thought they were only orange. No idea there were variants, interesting. I wonder if there is any difference in the native environment to select for 1 color over the other?

Don't think the different colours are found together in the wild.
From what I have seen, the orange ones are from East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania,etc), while the darker ones are more South, down to Zimbabwe.


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[viper69]

Don't think the different colours are found together in the wild.
From what I have seen, the orange ones are from East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania,etc), while the darker ones are more South, down to Zimbabwe.


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Thanks a lot Cerato..your information is always appreciated. I really had no idea there was another color form, how cool!

 

[Ceratogyrus]

Thanks a lot Cerato..your information is always appreciated. I really had no idea there was another color form, how cool!

No problem.

 

[ironmonkey78]

there was a very similar conversation on the BTS board. someone posted this link

http://www.baboonspiders.de/html_en/genera_pterinochilus.html#farbvarianten_murinus

it shows distribution of pterinochilus

 

[Ceratogyrus]

That list is a little outdated though. Some of those species have been synonymized.

 

[Ceratogyrus]

Here is a female P.murinus. She is the result of a breeding of a RCF female and DCF male.
Looks like TCF to me?

 

[freedumbdclxvi]

Good lord she is stunning!

 

[McGuiverstein]

That gold/tan color is amazing..

 

[Ceratogyrus]

She is quite pretty. Will try get some pics of the MM sometime. Also a DCF x RCF...

 

[BobGrill]

I like the RCF the most.

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[Tongue Flicker]

Up until last week, i wasn't aware that obt had colors like these hehe..

Great pics!