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Paraphrynus sp
Really BIG spider with menacing claws, I believe they are no poisonous (how lucky). In the Amazon.
Peruvian Amazon
Spotted on Sep 20, 2008
Submitted on Jul 11, 2012
5 Comments
It is huge!
Wow, it looks huge!
Thank you Livan Escudero for the ID and the link
Thank you Livan for the ID
Awesome looking things!!! They are not really spiders, nor scorpions, they are in their own Order within the Arachnids. The Order Amblypygi: Tailless Whipscorpions or Cave Scorpions. Not poisonous, you are right.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/4603
I don't know the species, though to me it looks a lot like the Paraphrynus mexicanus found here in the US, so maybe the same Genus if not the same kind.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/163692