Brachypelma baumgarteni (also called Mexican orange beauty) is a tarantula endemic to Pacific coast of Michoacan, Mexico.[3]
| 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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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