spider morphs

cervantes · #1 (**permalink**) 03-05-2008, 04:58 PM

Does anyone know of any spider colour variations/morphs available, I'm curious as morphs seem to be very important in the world of snakes and gekos.

C_Strike · #2 (**permalink**) 03-05-2008, 05:38 PM

well, no, technically no morphs for inverts (that iv ever heard of)
Though you do get same species yet drastically differnet appearances..
There down to location of the animal.

For example,
(Giant centipede)Scolopendra subspinipes, one species and about 20 odd vastly different looking types, including a couple of subspecies.

spider_mad · #3 (**permalink**) 03-05-2008, 05:45 PM

There are local variations where 2 of the same species are almost seperate but morph wise doesn't exist. Morph is down to the reptiles pigment and skin which spiders don't have.

gwinni · #4 (**permalink**) 03-05-2008, 06:51 PM

Is it not called phase in spiders rather than morph? Like chiles have red/grey/normal colour phases?

Becky · #5 (**permalink**) 03-05-2008, 07:06 PM

Yer you get like NCF and RCF rosea, P. murinus etc and DCF and LCF in lividum, colloratovillosus etc But not morphs as such

C_Strike · #6 (**permalink**) 03-05-2008, 07:36 PM

not morphs or phase.
Purely down to where the species lives.. its locality, or in some cases intra-species differences.. or even different species falsely recognised as a variation to the type specimen. (The original spider that was used to classify and describe the species)
Dunno how liekly the last one would be.

cervantes · #7 (**permalink**) 04-05-2008, 01:13 AM

Thanks. Sometimes I'm very impressed with the colective knowledge on this site, and the willingness to discuss a topic.

I like all reps, spids, inverts, but know my limits and what I'm able to give them. there is something special about an animal which is the same in your home as in the wild.

Just a thought

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