Mexican redknee

Brachypelma hamorii

Native species from mountain ranges of the Sierra Madre Occidental and Sierra Madre del Sur in Mexico.

Estatuto de conservação

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  • Não avaliado
  • Dados insuficientes
  • LC
    Pouco preocupante
  • NT
    Quase ameaçado
  • VU
    Vulnerável
  • EN
    Em perigo
  • CR
    Criticamente em perigo
  • EW
    Extinto na natureza
  • EX
    Extinto

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    Length
    6 cm
    Weight
    10g
    Lifespan
    Females: 30 years, Males: 5 years
    Diet
    Invertebrates and small rodents
    Reproduction
    up to 1000 eggs
    Morphology

    Its body is dark brown, its knees are red, and it has stinging hairs all over its body. Like other arthropods, the Mexican redknee must lose its skin in order to grow, since its exoskeleton has no elasticity.

    Behaviour

    It is an unaggressive tarantula that prefers to avoid conflict with intruders, moving away when it feels uncomfortable. Should an animal get too close, the tarantula throws its urticating hairs at the threat, causing irritation to the eyes and throat.

    Reproduction

    The mating ritual begins with a clap of the legs on the ground, then copulation takes place, and the male then runs away to avoid being captured by the female.

    Conservation

    Mexican redknee are subject to poaching to be marketed as pets. Recent studies also reveal that they are threatened by habitat loss, mainly due to urban development. Increasing road construction is a deadly obstacle and is contributing to the fragmentation of the population of this species.

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