About Aphonopelma pallidum (F.O.Pickard-Cambridge, 1897)
Aphonopelma pallidum is a tarantula species in the family Theraphosidae that is found in Mexico. It is commonly known by the common names rose-grey tarantula and Mexican rose tarantula, and it is not available in the pet trade. During the late 1990s and early 2000s, an undescribed Brachypelma species was frequently traded in the pet trade under the name Aphonopelma pallidum; this species was later formally described as Brachypelma verdezi by Schmidt in 2003. For known adult specimens of Aphonopelma pallidum, adult males have brown legs and a dull rose grey carapace, and no confirmed descriptions of adult females of this species exist. Aphonopelma pallidum is classified as threatened in Mexico. The average body length of an adult male is 50 mm, and the average body length of an adult female is reported as 55 mm.
