Orchid Island Amblypygids

[Randolph XX()]

Phot Courtsey by 小李

any idea what they could be?the first one is about 4cm body length, second is 0.5cm
Phrynus sp?

 

[8 leg wonder]

Are those yours Randolph. If so where did you get them

 

[Randolph XX()]

not mine (yet)Jordan, i'll let u know when i get them

 

[bistrobob85]

Are those Heterophrynus Batesi?!?

 

[Black Hawk]

look more like Damon variegatus to me, but i could be wrong

 

[Randolph XX()]

First of all Orchid Island is a small Island next to Taiwan in East Asia
http://202.39.225.132/jsp/Eng/html/travel_tour/journey_content.jsp?journey_id=113
so an't be D.variegatus, which is from Africa
bristrobob: can u provide more info of Heterophrynus Batesi in Asia?
cuz all i can found from google towards they are South American species

 

[bistrobob85]

You're right, H. Batesi is an amazonian specie. I didnt know Orchid Island was in Asia, we learn every day!! I've actually read a really nice article on the general amblypygids in Fauna, Volume 1;Number 2, 1997, if anyone's interested!!

phil.

 

[Randolph XX()]

Hey Phill
why not another guess?
BTW Orchid island back home is an really interesting place
since Taiwan is rite at the line of sub-tropical and tropical, u can find most tropical animals on OI
suchs as the Yamia wantasei, coconut crab, and other tropical animals which can't be found in Taiwan

 

[Randolph XX()]

bump
this should be Charon grayi Thorell 1888, the only sp distrubut in this area. a fair good size of Amblys..
http://www.thudiv.com/variety/spider/12-1.htm

 

[Black Hawk]

looks like it, when are you getting those beauties?

 

[Randolph XX()]

my fd told me that he hasnn't found any of these yet, probably the season or some other resons
they are rare to see in Orchid Island, and p[robably don't exist on Taiwan main Island, but somebody have found a dead one in the cave of the main island
They can be found troughout Asian pacific region from Southern Japanese islands to Australia, i've seen several dried speciment list under the same names from Indonesia and Java
http://www.insect-sale.com/photo.asp?photo=Amblypygi-sp1-Java
but if they are so widely distrubuted, why they are not like those Damon sp regularly offered on the market yet?