Aphonopelma sp. 'montezuma pass' (poss. cochisei)

habitat: pine/oak forest 5000ft or higher in elevation.





I believe this is an adult female dwarf. she is about the same size as a paloma, 2 inch legspan tops. i found a few of these and they all seem to share the same characteristics of being strangly elongate, especially the abdomen. we will see if she is actually a dwarf or not once she moults. these were found in the same general area as sp. 'cochisei' and may turn out to be cochisei, but there are a few things like carapace shape and the long abdonem as well as markings on the carapace that make me think it may be its own thing.

ok man ...yeah ya got me