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<blockquote data-quote="KezyGLA" data-source="post: 125870" data-attributes="member: 14343"><p>The Usambara mountains are situated in north east Tanzania bordering Kenya.</p><p></p><p>Almost everyone in SA that doesn't know much about arachnids will call any Theraphosidae a 'baboon spider', which is quite unfortunate when trying to pin ID to a species. Even a more specific common name would help.</p><p></p><p>Judginng by its size, banding in the legs and the lack of starburst carapace, I'm sticking with Brachionopus. I know that they first collected Brachionopus cf. robustus from near this location.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KezyGLA, post: 125870, member: 14343"] The Usambara mountains are situated in north east Tanzania bordering Kenya. Almost everyone in SA that doesn't know much about arachnids will call any Theraphosidae a 'baboon spider', which is quite unfortunate when trying to pin ID to a species. Even a more specific common name would help. Judginng by its size, banding in the legs and the lack of starburst carapace, I'm sticking with Brachionopus. I know that they first collected Brachionopus cf. robustus from near this location. [/QUOTE]
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