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Mexican Flameknee

Brachypelma auratum

Classification

Order
Araneae

Brachypelma auratum (also called Mexican flame knee) is a tarantula endemic to the regions of Guerrero and Michoacán in Mexico. In appearance it is reminiscent of the quintessential Mexican red-kneed spider, Brachypelma smithi, albeit darker and with more discrete red striations on the patella. The form of these red markings have earned the spider its common name, the flame knee.

Distribution

(c) Ángela Patricia Rojas Cortés, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC-BY-SA
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