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Some comments from an article I dug up about Pandinus: "I am convinced that P. gregoryi, based on a female holotype, is a synonym of P. exitialis."
Ok I borrowed the attached pic from your thread. THAT is not a P. smithii unless I'm completely off my mark here.There is a picture of what I believe to be P. smithi on my post about helping to id. I'll post on it to bring it up, take a look at it.
Exactly, this is what is being marketed as a P. smithii. Is it actually a P. smithii? I can honestly say that I doubt anyone in the US would be able to ID it properly.tabor, here are the pics from the other post the guy is a dealer on here
Not a different family. At MOST a different species, more than likely a different subspecies. I get your point though. They LOOK different enough that its worth keeping a few of each type, regardless of what they are "officially".Hey fellas...you probably been in the hobby longer than I have and you know species are given new or different names alot. Some species look alike with very small differences BUT it's enough to put 'em in another family!