I was really confused at first because as they say in the article, Chilobrachys sp electric blue has been around in the pet trade for awhile now, but it's great that it got a proper description and we know more about its habitat! A lot of undescribed species show up in the tarantula trade with little to no info on what they are or where they're even from, which makes keeping them really difficult, and makes you wonder how they even got into the pet trade and out of their native country. Using marketing terms like "electric blue" instead of the locality is a real pet peeve of mine too.
I've had two undescribed tarantulas, but the Hapalopus formosus got its proper name after I bought it so I had to update the labels, lol.
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