Mantis ID

[ENraged]

I member of another board has this Mantis and it is simple beautiful in my eyes so i was wondering what kind it might be.

 

[ENraged]

Here is another pic

 

[DanInSD]

Gonodactylaceus graphurus or Gonondactylaceus glabrous.

Beautiful specimen, very nice pictures! SLR?

Dan

 

[ENraged]

Not sure they sold it to him as a Lime mantis..
I am just blown away by the colors of it.
I search doc roys site top to bottom and couldn't figure out how to differentiate it

 

[Gonodactylus]

I have never seen this color morph. I would need to see a shot of the telson to see if it is a Gonodactylaceus. It is premature to call it G. graphurus or G. glabrous.

Roy

 

[Ab3]

My mantis was lime green and just molted and now it looks just like that one

 

[ENraged]

He just moved it to a 12 gallon tank so once it is comfortable and starts coming out again he will try for a butt shoot

 

[DanInSD]

I based my (obviously shortsighted) ID on a few things -- the hint of the orange meral spot in the third picture, and previous experience with a G. graphurus that was similar to this color.

Dan