Hi all,
Finally got the camera and I took some pics this morning. This is a follow up thread regarding possible A.gonneti.
Pics below:
This guy is a 5th instar A.crassicauda from North Africa. See how dark this guy is? Everything about him is just dark.
Now, check out this one. It's supposed to be an A.crassicauda but it is too light. Makes me wonder if it is A.crassicauda.
5th instar side by side
The other night. I was reading up on Patrick's website http://www.messcorpions.com/En/androctonus sp en.php and found this
Androctonus gonneti Vachon, 1948 Morocco ( Drâa valley), Mauritania.
Large species, can reach 9 cm. long. Color generally pale brown to reddish brown. Sternites reddish yellow. Metasoma uniformly reddish, with dark carinae; vesicle yellow ochre; aculeus yellowish at base and dark brown at the end. Pedipalps yellow ochre; legs pale yellow. Carapace with granules and carinae strongly developed. Tergites with granules and carinae well marked. Metasomal segments slightly widened backwards; metasomal segment I-IV with dorsal carinae strongly deveoped, with spiniform granule on the posterior side .Vesicle with fine granulation but dense in the ventral side; aculeus well curved and longer than vesicle. Chela thick with fingers moderately long; fingers moderately long, fixed and movable fingers bear 13-15 rows of reddish granules.
Here might be a picture of the specimen describe above
and here's a picture of a real A.crassicauda (Jordan). I don't see any yellow ochre on this species.
See the difference? It's huge!
I wouldn't be surprised if it's A.gonneti since it's used to be called A.crassicauda goneti before revision. It's still a beautiful specimen
. A friend of mine said that his A.crassicauda from the same region is black/darker which makes him wonder if the light species above is A.gonneti or just plain A.crassicauda.
Finally got the camera and I took some pics this morning. This is a follow up thread regarding possible A.gonneti.
Pics below:
This guy is a 5th instar A.crassicauda from North Africa. See how dark this guy is? Everything about him is just dark.
Now, check out this one. It's supposed to be an A.crassicauda but it is too light. Makes me wonder if it is A.crassicauda.
5th instar side by side
The other night. I was reading up on Patrick's website http://www.messcorpions.com/En/androctonus sp en.php and found this
Androctonus gonneti Vachon, 1948 Morocco ( Drâa valley), Mauritania.
Large species, can reach 9 cm. long. Color generally pale brown to reddish brown. Sternites reddish yellow. Metasoma uniformly reddish, with dark carinae; vesicle yellow ochre; aculeus yellowish at base and dark brown at the end. Pedipalps yellow ochre; legs pale yellow. Carapace with granules and carinae strongly developed. Tergites with granules and carinae well marked. Metasomal segments slightly widened backwards; metasomal segment I-IV with dorsal carinae strongly deveoped, with spiniform granule on the posterior side .Vesicle with fine granulation but dense in the ventral side; aculeus well curved and longer than vesicle. Chela thick with fingers moderately long; fingers moderately long, fixed and movable fingers bear 13-15 rows of reddish granules.
Here might be a picture of the specimen describe above
and here's a picture of a real A.crassicauda (Jordan). I don't see any yellow ochre on this species.
See the difference? It's huge!
I wouldn't be surprised if it's A.gonneti since it's used to be called A.crassicauda goneti before revision. It's still a beautiful specimen
. A friend of mine said that his A.crassicauda from the same region is black/darker which makes him wonder if the light species above is A.gonneti or just plain A.crassicauda.