Need quick mantis ID

[travisurfer]

he looks almost exactly the same. is yours a glabrous or a graphurus? I havent gotten a look at his tail yet so im not sure about mine.

 

[travisurfer]

here is the best pic that I have of his tail; any thoughts gonodactylus?

 

[Patio]

I am not an expert but it looks to be Gonodactylaceus ternatensis. I say that because I think it looks exactly like mine.

 

[Thurge]

I'm thinking G. ternatensis. From that last pic it looks like you can barely make out the red Inter-Segmental lines.

 

[Gonodactylus]

Gonodactylaceus glabrous or G. graphurus.

Roy

 

[Thurge]

:hmm4: Just when I think I am getting the hang of this....

Dr Roy what are you seeing that I am not recognizing? When I put the first pictuer up next to the head on shot of the G. ternatensis they look nearly identical save for some different shades of green.
Is it the speckling, that the Ternatensis has speckles that are bigger than in other gondactylactids?

 

[travisurfer]

How obvious is the median carinule? When he was acclimating I couldnt see anything. Right now he is about 1-1.5" long.

 

[Thurge]

Not very obvious at that size I don't think. My squirtle is in that size range and I took many a pictuer just of his tail before I convinced myself I was seeing it.

 

[travisurfer]

Well, I dont think its there. There may be something, but I think its just sand. Im going to need some kind of magnifying glass on this one or something. Would, I be able to tell for sure from the molt?