Ranitomeya flavovittata

species of Amphibia

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

Ranitomeya flavovittata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dendrobatidae
Genus: Ranitomeya
Species:
R. flavovittata
Binomial name
Ranitomeya flavovittata
(Schulte, 1999)
Synonyms[2]
  • Dendrobates flavovittatus Schulte, 1999
  • Ranitomeya flavovittata Grant, Frost, Caldwell, Gagliardo, Haddad, Kok, Means, Noonan, Schargel, and Wheeler, 2006

This frog lives in rainforests that have never been cut down and in rainforests that have been cut down and are growing back. People have seen this frog 500 meters above sea level.[1]

After the eggs hatch, the male frog carries them somewhere. Scientists have seen male R. flavovittata frogs with tadpoles on their backs. They think the male frogs are taking the tadpoles to pools of water in bromeliad plants because that is what other male frogs in Ranitomeya do.[1]

Danger

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Scientists believe this frog is not danger of dying out because it lives in a large place. But it is in some danger because people cut down trees to build farms and get wood to build with. People also catch this frog to sell as a pet.[1]

One of the places this frog lives is a protected parks: Reserva Comunal Tamshiyacu-Tahuayo.[1]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020) [amended version of 2014 assessment]. "Mimic Poison Frog: Ranitomeya flavovittata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T55183A177119684. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T55183A177119684.en. Retrieved June 24, 2024.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Ranitomeya flavovittata (Schulte, 1999)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved June 24, 2024.
  3. "Ranitomeya flavovittata (Schulte, 1999)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved June 24, 2024.