A TECHNIQUE FOR INDIVIDUALLY IDENTIFYING TARANTULAS USING PASSIVE INTEGRATED TRANSPONDERS

Steven B. Reichling; Chris Tabaka

doi:10.1636/0161-8202(2001)029[0117:ATFIIT]2.0.CO;2

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Steven B. Reichling,¹ Chris Tabaka¹

¹Memphis Zoo, 2000 Galloway, Memphis, Tennessee 38112 USA

Abstract

A surgical technique for implanting passive integrated transponders into theraphosid spiders is described. An effecitve procedure for anesthesia was developed. Transponders were implanted in the opisthosomas of 12 spiders. No mortality occurred, and all spiders regained normal behavior. In simulated burrows, tarantulas could be identified to a depth of 16 cm.

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Steven B. Reichling and Chris Tabaka "A TECHNIQUE FOR INDIVIDUALLY IDENTIFYING TARANTULAS USING PASSIVE INTEGRATED TRANSPONDERS," The Journal of Arachnology 29(1), 117-118, (1 April 2001). https://doi.org/10.1636/0161-8202(2001)029[0117:ATFIIT]2.0.CO;2

Received: 12 February 2000; Published: 1 April 2001

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