Grammostola porteri

[laMort]

Hello!
I was wondering if g.porteri was the same thing as g.rosea?

 

[spiderengineer]

some time species in the same genus can be identical except for minor physical characteristics. case in point T. stirmi and T. blondi were for a while the same species and only recently were found to be different species.the main difference is the hairs on the leg, which leads to many people buying T. stirmi thinking they are T. blondi. so a g.porteri from my research looks like a rose, but has a slightly different color tint to it.

 

[laMort]

Thanks!

 

[Atx13]

Soo.. is G.porteri, the "red phase" rosie? And G.rosea the "regular phase" rosie?

 

[spiderengineer]

basically, from my understanding the G.porteri was considered a color form of rosie but was later made into a new species of Grammostola