Biology:Splash-back poison frog

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Splash-back poison frog
Splash back poison dart Frog (5731341531).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dendrobatidae
Genus: Ranitomeya
Species:
R. variabilis
Binomial name
Ranitomeya variabilis
(Zimmermann and Zimmermann, 1988)[2][3]
Synonyms
  • Dendrobates variabilis Zimmermann and Zimmermann, 1988

The splash-back poison frog (Ranitomeya variabilis), also referred to as the variable poison frog or Zimmermann's poison frog, is a small species of poison dart frog known from the upper Huallaga River drainage of San Martín Region, Peru.[1][4] It is semi-arboreal, living in the forest understory and canopy.[4] Like other poison frogs, it contains alkaloid poisons. The mimic poison frog is a Müllerian mimic of this species.[4]

The species was formerly considered to be synonym of Ranitomeya ventrimaculata.[2]

Arboreal habitat of Ranitomeya variabilis with epiphytic bromeliad Aechmea zebrina.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Javier Icochea; Karl-Heinz Jungfer (2004). "Ranitomeya variabilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T55207A11266499. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T55207A11266499.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/55207/11266499. Retrieved 23 December 2017. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Ranitomeya variabilis (Zimmermann and Zimmermann, 1988)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Dendrobatidae/Dendrobatinae/Ranitomeya/Ranitomeya-variabilis. Retrieved 18 June 2015. 
  3. ↑ Gifkikkerportaal
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Monique Sanchez; Rebecca Knapp (2012). "Ranitomeya variabilis (Zimmermann and Zimmermann, 1988)". AmphibiaWeb. http://amphibiaweb.org/species/6117. Retrieved 24 September 2016. 

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