Ranitomeya yavaricola
Ranitomeya yavaricola is a frog. It lives in Peru. Scientists think it could live in Brazil too.[2][3][1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Dendrobatidae |
| Genus: | Ranitomeya |
| Species: | R. yavaricola
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| Ranitomeya yavaricola Pérez-Peña, Chávez, Twomey, and Brown, 2010
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Body
changeThe adult male frog is about 15.2 - 17.7 mm long from nose to rear end and two adult female frogs were 16.8 and 17.7 mm long. The skin of the frog's body is black with light blue spots and stripes on the back. There is one dot on the inside of each eye. The belly is blue-green with black spots. The iris of the eye is black in color.[3]
Scientists used to think this was the same frog as Ranitomeya flavovittata, but R. flavovitata has black marks on its legs and R. yavaricola does not.[1]
Home
changeScientists have looked in many places, but they only found this frog in one place: Lago Preto Paredón in Peru. They found it 120 meters above sea level.[1]
This frog lives in forests that do not fill with water, but people did find it near wetlands with trees in them. It lives in places with lots of Geonoma palm plants. People see the frogs sitting on small, woody plants, plants that grow on other plants, and tree branches. It hides by roots and in plants.[1]
Young
changeThe female frog lays her eggs in bromeliad plants. After the tadpoles hatch, they swim in pools of water in the plants.[1]
The tadpoles have light gray heads and clear-and-brown bodies. The tail and belly are clear, so a human can see the organs inside the body. There are some red spots near the face. The eyes are black in color.[3]
Danger
changeScientists do not know if this frog is in danger of dying out because the place where scientists found it is protected. But human beings get wood to build with in other places nearby. People try to catch many frogs in Ranitomeya to sell as pets because of their interesting colors. They catch the frog even when it is against the law.[1] People have tried to buy R. yavaricola as a pet, but no one has been caught selling it yet. Scientists say this is because the frog is so hard to find and catch.[3]
Many parts of Lago Preto Paredón are protected parks.[1]
First paper
change- 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
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020) [amended version of 2018 assessment]. "Ranitomeya yavaricola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T78584863A177124873. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T78584863A177124873.en. Retrieved July 4, 2024.
- ↑ Frost, Darrel R. "Ranitomeya yavaricola 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 4, 2024.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Kyla Schomaker; Ahtziri Pasillas; Bill Liu (August 10, 2022). Ann T. Chang (ed.). "Ranitomeya yavaricola Pérez-Peña, Chávez, Twomey, & Brown, 2010". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved July 4, 2024.
