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[pgr8dnlvr]

Ok, I think this is going to be an easy one, but I'm no expert and want to be sure I know what I have. Please identify the scientific name of the following animal -



Thanks!

Rebecca

[Stewjoe]

Looks like Chaco golden knee. Grammosta pulchripes. I will spell check when I get home.

[pgr8dnlvr]

hmm... Could be? When I got her I was guessing the common name stripe knee, zebra, and stripe leg.

What about Aphonopelma seemanni? The only things that do not match with that one is that the abdomen is definitely not deep black, more of a browny black and this is the most laid back and easy to handle tarantula ever so that doesn't match up either?...

Rebecca

ps- a little history is that this girl is likely about 10 years old. I got her about 4 years ago from the UBC psychology department, at that time they guessed her between 6-8 years old. They had used her for years to help cure people of arachnophobia.

[pgr8dnlvr]

Here are some more pictures...

[Stewjoe]

hmmnm, I will post some of my own pictures to compare

G pulchripes

A seemanni

[Stewjoe]

On second thought looks more like an Aphonopelma species.

[FrogO_Oeyes]

I suspect Acanthoscurria suina, maybe A.brocklehursti. The former comes from the same sources as G.pulchripes or G.aureostriatum, and is apparently commonly mixed up. Trouble is, coloration is often a poor method of identifying tarantulas.