Brachypelma baumgarteni

Brachypelma baumgarteni (also called Mexican orange beauty) is a tarantula endemic to Pacific coast of Michoacan, Mexico.[2]

Brachypelma baumgarteni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Brachypelma
Species:
B. baumgarteni
Binomial name
Brachypelma baumgarteni
Smith, 1993[1]

Description

It is similar to B. klaasi, but it has more reddish patellae. B. baumgarteni was thought to be a captive hybrid of B. smithi crossed with B. boehmei, because for a long time no specimen had been reported successfully bred in captivity. According to genetic analyses, its closest relative is B. boehmei.[3]

Distribution

The eastern border for its distribution is the river Balsas; the northern border is the Sierra Madre del Sur.[4] It has a preference for tropical forest.

Conservation

In 1985, Brachypelma smithi (then not distinguished from B. hamorii) was placed on CITES Appendix II, and in 1994, all remaining Brachypelma species were added, thus restricting trade.[5] Nevertheless, large numbers of tarantulas caught in the wild continue to be smuggled out of Mexico, including species of Brachypelma.[6]

References
  1. "Taxon details Brachypelma baumgarteni Smith, 1993". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-09-29.
  2. Smith, A. (1993). "A New Mygalomorph Spider From Mexico (Brachypelma, Theraphosidae, Arachnida) Brachypelma baumgarteni n. sp". British Tarantula Society Journal. 8 (4): 14–19.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  3. Petersen, S.D.; Mason, T.; Akber, S.; West, R.; White, B. & Wilson, P. (2007). "Species identification of tarantulas using exuviae for international wildlife law enforcement". Conservation Genetics. 8: 497–502. doi:10.1007/s10592-006-9173-2.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  4. Locht, A.; Yanez, M. & Vazquez, I. (1999). "Distribution and natural history of Mexican species of Brachypelma and Brachypelmides (Theraphosidae, Theraphosinae) with morphological evidence for their synonymy". Journal of Arachnology. 27: 196–200.
  5. "Brachypelma smithi (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897): Documents". Species+. UNEP-WCMC & CITES Secretariat. Retrieved 2017-09-22.
  6. Mendoza, J. & Francke, O. (2017). "Systematic revision of Brachypelma red-kneed tarantulas (Araneae: Theraphosidae), and the use of DNA barcodes to assist in the identification and conservation of CITES-listed species". Invertebrate Systematics. 31 (2): 157–179. doi:10.1071/IS16023.
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