Can anyone tell me what spider this is??

The carapace looks somewhat like a violin spider to me, but I am not sure.
It is quite fast and approx 3cm LS.
Found it close to the braai area at the game farm I visited the other day.

Reference of Violin spider.
I know our local species are obviously different looking, but not as venomous as the US species.

Found pictures of the huntsman spider. Looks more like that from what I can tell.
Even the darker thicker hairs on the leg.

www.msn.ve.it/index_light.php?pagina=pro...p;id=4&idprog=37

Last one.
This is what the "locals" there said it was:
rain spider
lizzard eating spider
Hunting spider

www.biodiversityexplorer.org/arachnids/s...assidae/palystes.htm

Not from the family Sparassidae. The hairs on its body and diagnostic spinnerets make this a Gnaphosidae or commonly known as a mouse spider.

Ceratogyrus wrote:


Thanks Cerat

Seems there are quite a few species in this family.
http://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scotophaeus

The Scotophaeus blackwalli looks very similar, but it not a South African spider, seems to be from the UK.

Agree with Ceratogyrus, it is your typical mouse spider.
A common and harmless spider. A friend to any home