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9 new tarantula species found

Adam Khor · 2012-11-01 23:40:48

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/extinction-countdown/2012/11/01/9-endangered-tarantula-discovered-brazil/ Apparently, Brazil is the most diverse country when it comes to tarantulas, followed by Mexico.

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02-11-2012 12:40am

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Adam Khor

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http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/extinction-countdown/2012/11/01/9-endangered-tarantula-discovered-brazil/

Apparently, Brazil is the most diverse country when it comes to tarantulas, followed by Mexico.

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#2 02-11-2012 12:45am
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3 invisible ones?!

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Amazing looking Tarantulas.

Ive kept Avicularia Metallica in the past and number 24 looks very like it.Ive always wondered are these really "new species" or just sub species of already know ones??

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New species, it seems, as only the binomial names are mentioned in the article.

My experience on tarantulas is limited to the ever famous Brachypelma smithi :>

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