Brachypelma baumgarteni
| Brachypelma baumgarteni | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Brachypelma |
| Species: | B. baumgarteni
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| Binomial name | |
| Brachypelma baumgarteni Smith, 1993[2]
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Brachypelma baumgarteni (also called Mexican orange beauty) is a tarantula endemic to Pacific coast of Michoacan, Mexico.[3]
Description[edit]
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.[4]
Distribution[edit]
The eastern border for its distribution is the river Balsas; the northern border is the Sierra Madre del Sur.[5] It has a preference for tropical forest.
Conservation[edit]
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 international trade.[6] Nevertheless, large numbers of tarantulas caught in the wild continue to be smuggled out of Mexico, including species of Brachypelma.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ^ "Taxon details Brachypelma baumgarteni Smith, 1993". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-09-29.
- ^ Smith, A. (1993). "A New Mygalomorph Spider From Mexico (Brachypelma, Theraphosidae, Arachnida) Brachypelma baumgarteni n. sp". British Tarantula Society Journal. 8 (4): 14–19.
- ^ 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 (2): 497–502. doi:10.1007/s10592-006-9173-2. S2CID 5965489.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Brachypelma smithi (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897): Documents". Species+. UNEP-WCMC & CITES Secretariat. Retrieved 2017-09-22.
- ^ 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. S2CID 89587966.
External links[edit]
- Hijmensen, Eddy (2011), "Brachypelma baumgarteni", mantid.nl, retrieved 2017-10-05 – photographs taken in the wild