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![Brachypelma boehmei Schmidt & Klaas 1993, female [in situ, premolt], Mexico](https://birdspiders.ch/wp-content/gallery/theraphosidae/Brachypelma-boehmei-Schmidt-Klaas-1993-female-in-situ-premolt-Mexico.jpg "Brachypelma boehmei Schmidt & Klaas 1993, female [in situ, premolt], Mexico")
Brachypelma boehmei Schmidt & Klaas 1993, female [in situ, premolt], Mexico
Brachypelma baumgarteni Smith, 1993, female, Michoacan State, Mexico
Brachypelma boehmei Schmidt & Klaas, 1993, male, Mexico
Brachypelma emilia (White 1856), female at burrow, Mexico
Brachypelma emilia (White, 1856), female, Sinaloa & Nayarit State, Mexico
Brachypelma hamori Tesmoignt, Cleton & Verdez, 1997, female, Colima, Mexico. (Photo - R. Orozco)
Brachypelma emilia X Brachypelma boehmei, female - pet trade hybrid
![Brachypelma hamorii Tesmoignt, Cleton & Verdez, 1997, female [post-molt], Colima State, Mexico](https://birdspiders.ch/wp-content/gallery/theraphosidae/Brachypelma-hamorii-Tesmoignt-Cleton-Verdez-1997-female-post-molt-Colima-State-Mexico.jpg "Brachypelma hamorii Tesmoignt, Cleton & Verdez, 1997, female [post-molt], Colima State, Mexico")
Brachypelma hamorii Tesmoignt, Cleton & Verdez, 1997, female [post-molt], Colima State, Mexico
Brachypelma hamorii Tesmoignt, Cleton & Verdez, 1997, male, Colima State, Mexico
![Brachypelma smithi (F. O. P.-Cambridge 1897), male [ne. Acapulco red form], Mexico](https://birdspiders.ch/wp-content/gallery/theraphosidae/Brachypelma-smithi-F.-O.-P.-Cambridge-1897-male-ne.-Acapulco-red-form-Mexico.jpg "Brachypelma smithi (F. O. P.-Cambridge 1897), male [ne. Acapulco red form], Mexico")
Brachypelma smithi (F. O. P.-Cambridge 1897), male [ne. Acapulco red form], Mexico
![Brachypelma klaasi (Schmidt & Krause 1994), female [montane form], Mexico](https://birdspiders.ch/wp-content/gallery/theraphosidae/Brachypelma-klaasi-Schmidt-Krause-1994-female-montane-form-Mexico.jpg "Brachypelma klaasi (Schmidt & Krause 1994), female [montane form], Mexico")
Brachypelma klaasi (Schmidt & Krause 1994), female [montane form], Mexico
