Differentiating OBT Color Variants

[YungRasputin]

trying to figure out what variant the surprise OBT freebie is - they are around .5 inch DLS - originally thought DCF but am not sure

will try to obtain a pic if I can but the entire body is dark in appearance and the abdomen if I’m not mistaken is a little bit of the orange color - possibly TCF?

any visual guides or examples would be good

 

[vounti]

Hello my friend. I think this link can help

Colour variants of Pterinochilus murinus by locality

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...

arachnoboards.com

 

[vancwa]

Slings do not demonstrate adult colors.

 

[YungRasputin]

Slings do not demonstrate adult colors.

ja this occurred to me while reading the link to the thread in the comment above yours

 

[DomGom TheFather]

All obt's are orange.
The O stands for orange.

 

[JonnyTorch]

All obt's are orange.
The O stands for orange.

There are other darker forms

 

[Craig73]

I have a RCF and it displayed a visible orange patch on the abdomen around .75 - 1” mark. I believe leg colors changed between 1” - 1.5” and by 2” it had all its color. The pic is around 2” with no filters, it really is this vibrant.

 

[Matt Man]

There are other darker forms

and they are typically called P. murinus 'DCF' and not OBTs

 

[YungRasputin]

and they are typically called P. murinus 'DCF' and not OBTs

ok but also orange variants are often “P. murinus UMV” and so on, tbf

 

[DomGom TheFather]

ok but also orange variants are often “P. murinus UMV” and so on, tbf

Yes. There are different color forms from different geographic locations. I knew what you meant. I was just goofing around.

 

[YungRasputin]

Yes. There are different color forms from different geographic locations. I knew what you meant. I was just goofing around.

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oh i knew you were but thought other person was serious or something

 

[JonnyTorch]

other person

 

[Matt Man]

ok but also orange variants are often “P. murinus UMV” and so on, tbf

yes, three variants that fall under 'orange', UMV, OCF and RCF
I have them listed in order of color intensity according to what I know. Orange, Orangier, Red Orange

 

[jrh3]

What would you consider this color form?

 

[cold blood]

murinus

• cold blood
• Nov 25, 2020
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zimbabwe/botswana

 

[Craig73]

murinus

• cold blood
• Nov 25, 2020
• 1

zimbabwe/botswana

Details please.

 

[JonnyTorch]

@cold blood that color form is awesome

 

[antinous]

Does anyone have molts from each of these ‘color forms’? Seeing as they’re from distinct/separated areas, I’m thinking they’re likely different species.