Ranitomeya cyanovittata

species of amphibian

Ranitomeya cyanovittata is a frog. It lives in Peru. Scientists think it could live in Brazil too.[2][3][1]

Ranitomeya cyanovittata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dendrobatidae
Genus: Ranitomeya
Species:
R. cyanovittata
Binomial name
Ranitomeya cyanovittata
Pérez-Peña, Chávez, Twomey, and Brown, 2010

The adult male frog is about 13.8 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is about 17.3 mm long. The skin of the frog's body is black with light blue spots and stripes all over the body, head, and legs. There are also some brown marks on the belly. The iris of the eye is black in color.[3]

This frog is awake during the day. It lives in forests that people have not changed too much. The frog lives near streams and other waters. People have seen this frog looking for food in dead leaves on the ground. People have seen this frog between 200 and 400 meters above sea level. This frog's young live in pools of water in Heliconia plants.[1]

Danger

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Scientists believe this frog is not in danger of dying out because it lives in a large place. This place is far from towns and cities, so human beings do not change it much.[1]

At least one of the places this frog lives is a protected park: Parque Nacional del Serra do Divisor.[1]

First paper

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  • Perez-Pena PE; Chavez G; Twomey E; Brown JL (2010). "Two new species of Ranitomeya (Anura: Dendrobatidae) from eastern Amazonian Peru". Zootaxa (Abstract). 2439: 1–23. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2439.1.1. Retrieved July 3, 2024.

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2023). "Ranitomeya cyanovittata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T78584687A86255303. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T78584687A86255303.en. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. "Ranitomeya cyanovittata Pérez-Peña, Chávez, Twomey, and Brown, 2010". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Andrew Joonhyun Lee (March 7, 2023). Ann T. Chang (ed.). "Ranitomeya cyanovittata Pérez-Peña, Chávez, Twomey, & Brown, 2010". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved July 3, 2024.