RatKing216
Arachnopeon
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- Mar 1, 2011
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Can someone please explain the Highland & Lowland terms for me?
I'm confused, then why are people selling Kandy highlands? :?All the pix you have posted look P. subfusca Highland to me.
The difference is locational, size and colour. The highland species are found above the tea plantations of Sri Lanka (approx 2,000m asl), where temperatures rarely exceed 70s during the day and drop to 50s at night. The lowland species are larger and lighter in colour, found around Kandy (below 400m asl).
Its worth noting that the full colouration of Poecilotheria presents itself only at adult stages.
A question I'm now pondering as well.I'm confused, then why are people selling Kandy highlands? :?
Interesting. The spider above was sold to me as a "highland" , but I always thought it looked like a "lowland" At least compaired to other pics of highlands I've seen. :?:wall:@Philth, I'd guess you have highland there, showing the purples and darker colouration. lowland tend to be more chocolate brown colouration.
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Maybe there's lowland ''light form'' and lowland ''dark form''Interesting. The spider above was sold to me as a "highland" , but I always thought it looked like a "lowland" At least compaired to other pics of highlands I've seen. :?:wall:
Maybe I just need to see a real "lowland" in person to understand the differance. :?
Later, Tom
Agreed Tom...Interesting. The spider above was sold to me as a "highland" , but I always thought it looked like a "lowland" At least compaired to other pics of highlands I've seen. :?:wall:
Later, Tom