Huntsman species identification

[dragontears]

I've done a search on the board and on google and I'm having trouble finding a way to ID or key out huntsman spiders. The one I have is from Ecuador, any suggestions on species?

http://rabscuttle.com/renee/our%20spiders/yard%20spiders/huntsman/huntsman_1.JPG

http://rabscuttle.com/renee/our%20spiders/yard%20spiders/huntsman/huntsman_2.JPG

http://rabscuttle.com/renee/our%20spiders/yard%20spiders/huntsman/huntsman_3.JPG

http://rabscuttle.com/renee/our%20spiders/yard%20spiders/huntsman/huntsman%20eyes.JPG

[beetleman]

i could be wrong,but it does resemble heteropoda venataria,being they are pretty much cosmotropical worldwide,just a hunch:D very cool spider

[dragontears]

I did a search for that species and a lot of the pictures had spiders with the top row of eyes more spread out than mine. Is that a species characteristic or individual variation?

Thanks again!

[beetleman]

hmm, i'm not sure could be different variant,being they are from different locals:? hunstsmans can be tough to identify,wish i can help more,the ones we have down here in fla. look very much like yours(almost identical) the males being more mottled color and females more brown. like yours.