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Hi,
It has come to my attention that a certain dealer in Germany is selling a Ceratogyrus species from southern Zambia with my name on it as the collector. I just want to state that I have never been in Zambia and thus have not collected the original specimens (they are F1 from a WC female and if they were mine they wouldn't be on the market as I would try to set up breeding groups with them).
Why this is done, I have no idea. The only thing I can imagine is to ruin my good name with the various conservation authorities in southern Africa or to sell more of these because of my reputation in African Baboonspiders.
With Regards,
Thomas Ezendam
Tilburg, Holland
Ulwembu Arachnological Survey Group
It has come to my attention that a certain dealer in Germany is selling a Ceratogyrus species from southern Zambia with my name on it as the collector. I just want to state that I have never been in Zambia and thus have not collected the original specimens (they are F1 from a WC female and if they were mine they wouldn't be on the market as I would try to set up breeding groups with them).
Why this is done, I have no idea. The only thing I can imagine is to ruin my good name with the various conservation authorities in southern Africa or to sell more of these because of my reputation in African Baboonspiders.
With Regards,
Thomas Ezendam
Tilburg, Holland
Ulwembu Arachnological Survey Group