Caribena versicolor is one of the most loved tarantulas around the world. This beautiful species from the Caribbean Island Martinique changes colors through its lifecycle.
In this video we show you a little history of when it was described and by who, the natural habitat as well as the different color stages.
A special thank you to Jan Phillip Samadi for all the videos from his trip to Martinique. Please follow his channel @World of Spiders for more tarantulas in the wild.
Tarantupedia species page : t.ly/llBV
Reference :
Walckenaer, C. A. (1837). Histoire naturelle des insectes. Aptères. Tome premier. Roret, Paris, 682 pp., pl. 1-15. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.61095
Fukushima, C. S. & Bertani, R. (2017). Taxonomic revision and cladistic analysis of Avicularia Lamarck, 1818 (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Aviculariinae) with description of three new aviculariine genera. ZooKeys 659: 1-185, Suppl. 1-5. doi:10.3897/zookeys.659.10717
Maréchal P, Rolland C, Leguin E-A, Monpiou L (2009) Étude sur l’état des populations de
Avicularia versicolor, Mygale endémique de la Martinique, Rapport de Synthése, Missions
2007-2008. Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, France.
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