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<blockquote data-quote="MassExodus" data-source="post: 65181" data-attributes="member: 4086"><p>That's a porteri like mine. The world spider catalog lists them as two separate species, but many believe they're just color forms, including me, and are awaiting a revision. Typically, brown, grey or silver are porteri, red are rosea. These are labeled by dealers, not taxonomists. All have pink on their carapace, although I had a mature male that went from very pink on his carapace post ultimate molt to bronze colored as he neared his death. He was a brown porteri. My girl is a grey porteri, with a very pink carapace. It's up in the air, but it's best to keep those color groups separate as far as breeding, just to be safe.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MassExodus, post: 65181, member: 4086"] That's a porteri like mine. The world spider catalog lists them as two separate species, but many believe they're just color forms, including me, and are awaiting a revision. Typically, brown, grey or silver are porteri, red are rosea. These are labeled by dealers, not taxonomists. All have pink on their carapace, although I had a mature male that went from very pink on his carapace post ultimate molt to bronze colored as he neared his death. He was a brown porteri. My girl is a grey porteri, with a very pink carapace. It's up in the air, but it's best to keep those color groups separate as far as breeding, just to be safe. [/QUOTE]
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