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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Josh's Frogs" data-source="post: 241725" data-attributes="member: 49228">The Purple Beauty Birdeater Tarantula is known scientifically as Phormictopus Sp. “Dominican Purple”. The scientific name is written that way because it has not been properly taxonified. It is thought to belong to the genus Phormictopus. The Sp. stand for “Species”. When a species is undescribed, they will often be named according to where they are from or the color, which explains the “Dominican Purple” part. They are from the Dominican Republic and sport an iridescent purple that the Joker himself would have been proud of. They can be found in semitropical rocky areas in silken retreats beneath and around those rocks. Purple Beauty Birdeater Tarantulas can grow to 7 to 8 inches and can be quick to become defensive. All in all, this is one impressive tarantula![ATTACH=full]77300[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]77301[/ATTACH]</blockquote>