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Brachypelma baumgarteni

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Brachypelma baumgarteni
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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[2]

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

Description

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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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  2. ^ "Taxon details Brachypelma baumgarteni Smith, 1993". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-09-29.
  3. ^ Smith, A. (1993). "A New Mygalomorph Spider From Mexico (Brachypelma, Theraphosidae, Arachnida) Brachypelma baumgarteni n. sp". British Tarantula Society Journal. 8 (4): 14–19.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "Brachypelma smithi (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897): Documents". Species+. UNEP-WCMC & CITES Secretariat. Retrieved 2017-09-22.
  7. ^ 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.
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